• ricecake@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Is it? All I saw was a helicopter with decent optics, but nothing particularly special, and cops talking on low bandwidth radios.

      Even when we get to actual behavior, we see the cops starting with the assumption that they’ll be just telling people to leave and planning routes to do so, before it changes to arresting people for blocking a freeway. They make sure people are notified that they’re under arrest early, and the make sure they have adequate transportation before they begin the arrest process.

      Like, there’s plenty of scary and shitty things cops do, but this wasn’t one of them.

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        1 year ago

        I live in europe so a surveillance helicopter watching your moves during a protest or whatever that is is pretty scary, yes.

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          In this case the helicopter came because they blocked a major highway.

          A helicopter coordinating police movements during civil unrest is pretty standard anyplace that can afford helicopters. That’s definitely not just an American thing.
          Do you think France is eschewing using helicopters to coordinate police movements with their current unrest?