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An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house" (www.motherjones.com)
submitted 3 days ago by AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Cool...

This one goes out to all the small government, privacy loving, Republicans out there, supposedly hating invasive big brother tactics and representing the values of the American heartland.

Would be much appreciated if you could have a word with your people about this.

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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 45 points 2 days ago

Talking a whole lot of shit for someone riding around in a machine that will find literally any excuse to break down. Helicopters are sketchy as fuck, and even if you manage to autorotate perfectly to try and recover from a stall, you're still liable to suffer severe or fatal injuries. It's super easy to crash due to human error or some kind of mechanical failure.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

One wonders just how viable the Ukranian strategy would be to take out LAPD choppers (when landed, of course).

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can you imagine 6 dudes with AR-15s, nothing fancy, responding that that threat? One wonders what might happen.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If gta has taught me anything is that one well placed shot from a measly handgun can take down a chopper

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Even armored helicopters are very vulnerable, flying things cannot afford to be sturdy.

Flying oppressors beware, you live on borrowed time. Tail section, fuel tank, tangling hazards (steel wire spool, fast unspooling from above)

They made tge sky a weapon, take away the sky from everyone. Same with radios.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

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