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@freemo @lnxw37a2 @realcaseyrollins Apparently it's possible to radio locate with police Stingray devices, it's not public how advanced this functionality is, though.

@freemo @vnarek Yep. This is what makes it seem like a class thing to me. Otherwise, whites wouldn't fight white in such large numbers.

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I think there is a large portion of those rioting and looting who are white. But even they were largely rioting against other whites.

There is a large portion of the left who see whites as the "bad race" and that includes fellow whites.

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Again, I disagree with the "largely by race" take. Both races rioted together, looted together. I would say it's a class thing and sadly the upper class is more white.

I don't understand why it's a class thing too. Maybe if we add up the pandemic deprivation and economic situation of the poor it would make more sense.

In my opinion they are multiple groups pushing multiple agendas.
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@freemo Not that, I mean none of my friends really follow politics or current events. Like, at all.

One of my closer friends just votes for whoever her dad tells her to. She voted for in 2016, but didn't even know that he was a 😂 She didn't know if her dad was a or a either, she had to ask him on the spot, lol

@freemo @vnarek Is really involved? I haven't done too much research, but I hadn't noticed any evidence that they were doing much.

Officially, of course.

@PorkCow I have a soft spot in my heart for on-the-ground reporting. Beyond the one incident where the reporters were arrested (TL;DR they were where they weren't supposed to be, opting instead to play dumb and not move, pretending they didn't know where the officers wanted them to go), I haven't seen much from the , including and , that made me upset. On-the-ground reporting is the best reporting, IMHO.

in particular garnered more respect from me (and I already respected him based on how he treated during an interview), as he's the only news anchor I've seen brave enough to actually go down into the midst of the protests.

@realcaseyrollins I like to dunk on legacy media, but Fox News has been doing good reporting lately.
@realcaseyrollins @moonman Because if any violence or destruction occurs, police can use cell antenna data to closely approximate where you were at any particular time.

LOL it was funny, some of my friends who are closer to the protests said they didn't hear violence but the dog was scared because they heard fireworks.

I said it was probably the protests, but she didn't think so, because "what would fireworks have to do with any protest"

smh

@moonman is the justice system really so fucked over there that completely unrelated material on your phone will be used against you if you're exercising your legal right to protest? if you're doing illegal things then I'd advice to stay home instead
@realcaseyrollins @moonman So you can't be tracked. But, even if it's on Airplane mode, it's probably still logging information. Best to just leave your phone at home, on, maybe running a script that sends messages…and then you have a real alibi. "I was at home the entire time check my digital footprint!"
@realcaseyrollins @freemo @vnarek I think it's really a whole combination of things at this point.

@moonman Why turn on airplane mode? I'm seeing some people livestreaming from protests on and such and that has been helpful.

You can use your phone at a protest if you FIRST clean it of potentially incriminating information, put it in airplane mode BEFORE you even leave your house, AND turn on a passcode rather than face or finger authentication.

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I just don't think that this is a race war, because both races are involved and comparisons to nazi germany seems ridiculous.
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