r/WhatIsTheTea • u/RealitysNotReal • 17h ago
wait a fucking minute. Man liberates his town
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u/BlueButterflytatoo 17h ago
Omg I saw his truck earlier!! He did actually take them to the sheriff’s department
Edit: lame they arrested him.
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u/Chainmale001 16h ago
ACAB. They are slaves to the state as much as we are. They just get paid to keep the status quo.
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u/Cute-Interest3362 16h ago
Of course they drew their guns on a man who is surrendering.
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u/BANKSLAVE01 15h ago
They are cowards- all of them.
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u/EonMagister 16h ago
Uvalde proved that cops are cowards
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u/drew39k 7h ago
Not just that they are cowards but that they have no expectation of not being cowards AND, infact, they gain more use of force justification against civilians, the bigger the cowards they are. "Sorry I had to murder that kid, I was scared for my life that the candy bar he was eating might have killed me"
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u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox 16h ago
they are paid $100k-$200k to bash our heads in without consequences
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u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox 16h ago
Officer Brailsford claimed to have ptsd from the incident where he murdered Shaver with his gun he had personally etched "get fucked" on and now gets like $2500/mo from the trauma of murdering him. He kept the weapon, thus proving it was all a farce. People with ptsd would not be able to live with a reminder of the incident staying in their lives
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u/Far_Cry1757 16h ago
This one pissed me off so much.. play Simon says, oops! You lost! Fuck that cop straight to hell
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u/thepinkdread2026 15h ago
Oh I hope he was totally socially excluded from his community.
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u/lostinmyownhead27 14h ago
Doesnt matter. He can easily find a community that will honor him for it. But lets be real, they are surrounded by supporters.
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u/WileyWilly1985 14h ago
This video is the epitome of everything wrong with Civilian <=> Police interactions.
How anyone with half a brain can watch that video and then bend over backwards to side with police is just beyond me.
Think of that nerdy simp coward kid in high school that nobody liked and had no friends and was just a strange duck and square peg that could not fit in the round hole of basic social interactions... and then imagine this kid becomes a cop and is given all the power and authority in the world...
that is what happened in my neighborhood and across the country. THe awkward kid that nobody liked became a cop and he was the biggest bully A-hole Douchebag on the planet. He was so bad they eventually put him on desk duty, but not after he ruined dozens of lives. And sadly, the thin blue line backed up his bullshit rather than call him out for being wrong.
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u/ConstantHeadache2020 12h ago
These elite,politicians, enablers wtf ever need to realize that they can be touched! There is more of us than them
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u/Mean-Inspector-8547 16h ago
They are LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. It's literally their job description. We need to stop calling them police and peace officers. They haven't been that in a long time.
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u/Chainmale001 16h ago
Nope they do not.
https://s2.smu.edu/jkobylka/SCtItems/2004%20Term/28%20June%20-%20Restraining.htm
WASHINGTON, June 27 - The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the police did not have a constitutional duty to protect a person from harm, even a woman who had obtained a court-issued protective order against a violent husband making an arrest mandatory for a violation.
The decision, with an opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia and dissents from Justices John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, overturned a ruling by a federal appeals court in Colorado. The appeals court had permitted a lawsuit to proceed against a Colorado town, Castle Rock, for the failure of the police to respond to a woman's pleas for help after her estranged husband violated a protective order by kidnapping their three young daughters, whom he eventually killed.
For hours on the night of June 22, 1999, Jessica Gonzales tried to get the Castle Rock police to find and arrest her estranged husband, Simon Gonzales, who was under a court order to stay 100 yards away from the house. He had taken the children, ages 7, 9 and 10, as they played outside, and he later called his wife to tell her that he had the girls at an amusement park in Denver.
Ms. Gonzales conveyed the information to the police, but they failed to act before Mr. Gonzales arrived at the police station hours later, firing a gun, with the bodies of the girls in the back of his truck. The police killed him at the scene.
The theory of the lawsuit Ms. Gonzales filed in federal district court in Denver was that Colorado law had given her an enforceable right to protection by instructing the police, on the court order, that "you shall arrest" or issue a warrant for the arrest of a violator. She argued that the order gave her a "property interest" within the meaning of the 14th Amendment's due process guarantee, which prohibits the deprivation of property without due process.
The district court and a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit dismissed the suit, but the full appeals court reinstated it and the town appealed. The Supreme Court's precedents made the appellate ruling a challenging one for Ms. Gonzales and her lawyers to sustain.
A 1989 decision, DeShaney v. Winnebago County, held that the failure by county social service workers to protect a young boy from a beating by his father did not breach any substantive constitutional duty. By framing her case as one of process rather than substance, Ms. Gonzales and her lawyers hoped to find a way around that precedent.
But the majority on Monday saw little difference between the earlier case and this one, Castle Rock v. Gonzales, No. 04-278. Ms. Gonzales did not have a "property interest" in enforcing the restraining order, Justice Scalia said, adding that "such a right would not, of course, resemble any traditional conception of property."
Although the protective order did mandate an arrest, or an arrest warrant, in so many words, Justice Scalia said, "a well-established tradition of police discretion has long coexisted with apparently mandatory arrest statutes."
But Justices Stevens and Ginsburg, in their dissenting opinion, said "it is clear that the elimination of police discretion was integral to Colorado and its fellow states' solution to the problem of underenforcement in domestic violence cases." Colorado was one of two dozen states that, in response to increased attention to the problem of domestic violence during the 1990's, made arrest mandatory for violating protective orders.
"The court fails to come to terms with the wave of domestic violence statutes that provides the crucial context for understanding Colorado's law," the dissenting justices said.
Organizations concerned with domestic violence had watched the case closely and expressed disappointment at the outcome. Fernando LaGuarda, counsel for the National Network to End Domestic Violence, said in a statement that Congress and the states should now act to give greater protection.
In another ruling on Monday, the court rebuked the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in Cincinnati, for having reopened a death penalty appeal, on the basis of newly discovered evidence, after the ruling had become final.
The 5-to-4 decision, Bell v. Thompson, No. 04-514, came in response to an appeal by the State of Tennessee after the Sixth Circuit removed a convicted murderer, Gregory Thompson, from the state's death row.
After his conviction and the failure of his appeals in state court, Mr. Thompson, with new lawyers, had gone to federal district court seeking a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that his initial lawyers had been constitutionally inadequate. The new lawyers obtained a consultation with a psychologist, who diagnosed Mr. Thompson as schizophrenic.
But the psychologist's report was not included in the file of the habeas corpus petition in district court, which denied the petition. It was not until the Sixth Circuit and then the Supreme Court had also denied his petition, making the case final, that the Sixth Circuit reopened the case, finding that the report was crucial evidence that should have been considered.
In overturning that ruling in an opinion by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, the majority said the appeals court had abused its discretion in an "extraordinary departure from standard appellate procedures." Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Sandra Day O'Connor joined the opinion.
In a dissenting opinion, Justice Stephen G. Breyer said the majority had relied on rules to the exclusion of justice. Judges need a "degree of discretion, thereby providing oil for the rule-based gears," he said. Justices Stevens, Ginsburg and David H. Souter joined the dissent.
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u/Blueprints_reddit 14h ago
They are the state power enforcement and revenue generating/collection arm.
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u/Lazaras 15h ago
They will never step out of line because of the pay. They will never be on our side. They will never actually defend us. They'll always defend their fellow cops that do atrocious things because that's what criminal organizations do.
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u/DonJuansCrow 16h ago
What a legend! Getting arrested for something you believe in gets my ultimate respect.
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u/sam_an_intellectual 16h ago
Probably arrested him for the fake/sovereign citizen license plate (too)
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u/thepinkdread2026 15h ago
Thats a bummer he saved them a bunch of money we didn’t agree to pay for these in the first place.
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u/Southern_Anywhere_65 14h ago
I saw there’s a gofundme for the guy’s legal fees on a different subreddit. Not sure how legit it is but people are definitely rallying behind this guy! I would argue that he didn’t need to deliver the equipment back to the sheriff because it’s the taxpayers who payed for flock so it belongs to them. Let them decide what to do with the cameras
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u/0202_tihssitidder 16h ago
> In the United States, criminal theft requires a specific mental state called specific intent. Taking an object for an entirely different purpose—such as destroying evidence, preventing a recording, or just borrowing it—directly challenges the core definition of theft.
No intent.
Cops are all pieces of shit and they will charge him. DA and local judge will work to convict him. He will appeal and win on appeal at a circuit court.
The USA is a shit hole. You all know it. Most of you know it.
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u/MadeByTango 14h ago
DA and local judge will work to convict him.
I dont know, grand juries in Ohio wont indict people over flock cameras so they've stopped trying.
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u/BadWrongBadong 16h ago
The premise of your first paragraph is misleading. Hey why'd you steal my shit? "I was just borrowing it bro". Yeah sure
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u/DownVote_for_Pedro 15h ago
That's exactly how the law works. Joy riding a car isn't theft, lots of case law to back that up.
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u/Cokeycane 16h ago edited 16h ago
Let's remember, we have a legal system not a justice system. He broke no laws that I can see!! lol
He must demand a trial by jury. We will not convict!!!
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u/OldMovie9812 16h ago
All I saw was the wind blew over the camera lol
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u/Active_Unit_9498 16h ago
He's literally removing trash, someone get him some high-viz gear and let him work.
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u/BlueButterflytatoo 16h ago
While he was trying to fix the loose screws
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u/TrueCrimeInTheBuff 15h ago
he's technically saving lives then, a falling piece of metal can be extremely dangerous
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u/BeerForThought 15h ago
Luigi Mangione and I were just across the street fixing an old woman's tire and saw the whole thing go down.
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u/Bongoisnthere 15h ago
These things are literally unsafe for us pedestrians. I think we need to start launching thousands and thousands of small claims lawsuits all over the country every time we have to suffer the emotional distress of coming near one and having to worry about the wind blowing it over and injuring us. These things are a terrifying menace
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u/ElderberryJunior470 15h ago
This just happened in Cincinnati, a grand jury voted not to prosecute a man charged with cutting down flock cameras and the prosecutor dropped the charges. Jury nullification is real powerful, and the state usually doesn't like that.
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u/Show_Bull 16h ago
Looks like a state of psychosis if I've ever seen one. Definitely not at fault
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u/I_Dnt_Believe_You 15h ago
Seriously, I recently sat on a jury and it restored a bit of faith in the legsl system and in particular, the jury system. More people should take it seriously.
People should ask themselves, if you find yourself on trial, would you want someone like you to make excuses to get out of jury duty? Or, would you want someone like yourself on the jury?
You know who gets a boner for being on a jury? Old white retired people. Let's help to make it a jury of our peers, not the bored elderly.
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u/LarkinToWinnipeg 14h ago
Last night in my town a bunch got cut down and the police chief went on the news talking about some trials that haven't happened yet and how flock cameras prove them guilty.
Like mother fucker, you or some cameras don't determine guilt. That's the job of a judge and jury
In America, you are now considered guilty until proven innocent.
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u/Traditional-Eggy 14h ago
its wild the hoops the prosecution will
jump thru to find this man guilty of "vandalism"
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u/Willing_2C_boobs 17h ago
Can we start a go fund me for this hero
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u/B-E-N-E-V-O-255 16h ago
Let us know if you find one.
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u/AwardTechnical 16h ago
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u/0202_tihssitidder 16h ago
The cops are such pieces of shit (all of them).
All the little performance of walking backward and turning around and getting on your knees. Such bullshit.
American cops are the worst pieces of shit on the planet. Fucking pathetic bitches.
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u/KathyCredit 16h ago
He just took them down in the least damaging way and brought them back to the police. They just have to go put them back now. Worst example of this I have seen, to the point that you gotta ask a lot of questions about who this guy actually is. Recording himself, doing ZERO damage, and bringing them to the cops...
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u/globalrebel 15h ago
And then setting up a go fund me? That seems a little sus…
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u/nonpuissant 15h ago
yeah this was exactly my first thought too. "I bet he has a gofundme"
Doesn't pass the smell test.
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u/chiba64 15h ago
No the gofundme was created 3 months ago may 25 2026
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u/nonpuissant 15h ago
Doesn't that mean.. that he does indeed have a gofundme?
And the fact he had one three months in advance is even more sus, assuming these posts about him today are current.
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u/Unusual_Sector_6624 15h ago
Al cops are pieces of shyte, but come on... That's was like 99% going to happen.
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u/No-Imagination-1778 16h ago
The fact that it is that easy is hilarious
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u/The-Tarman 16h ago
They'll make it harder soon enough, but I'm glad folks are taking advantage while they can
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u/backpainagain 16h ago
Honestly...probably not, that would require more money spent on them and they are CHEAP
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u/OrganicBrainRot 14h ago
I've never seen these two piece poles before, so it weirdly seems like these ones were made easier to take down as opposed to the usual method of cutting the pole.
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u/piltonpfizerwallace 14h ago
If I end up on this jury I'm exercising my right to jury nullification.
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u/Serious_Track_2340 16h ago
We may not get consensus on the Epstein files but everyone is like fuck these cameras specifically
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u/igotublue 13h ago
lol unfortunately that's not true. Maybe on reddit/twitter/etc, but check out the comments on any local news facebook page (before the algorithm spreads it to anti-flock people for engagement), and you'll see plenty of regular people defending it or at least saying they're fine with it.
Usually accompanied by a comment like "I don't do anything wrong so I dont care" or "Our phones are already tracking everything we do anyway"
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u/Melodic_Airport362 16h ago
i wonder how many more people are going to start doing this, or just smashing or shooting them?
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u/Biekdafreak 16h ago
Next time just fly a big kite in the area and accidently get it wrapped around it. "Damn, I just bought that kite." I feel like that is way less of a crime than this is.
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u/Middle-Following-367 16h ago
Good idea to document your own crime which happens to be disassembling a thing that documents crime.
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u/IclickNSFWatwork 10h ago
I can’t believe that flock camera almost fell on this innocent man! They should really get someone to take those things down before someone gets hurt
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u/Fate_BlackTide_ 9h ago
Don’t break the law, don’t record yourself doing it, and don’t post that video to the internet. All that said, I will never be mad about flock cameras going missing.
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u/Anti-whatever-u-r 8h ago
Someone needs to stat a gofundme for his court fees. I'll throw in 10 bucks!
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u/B-E-N-E-V-O-255 16h ago
This is a True gen X man right here. Im guessing but i dont think hes a boomer.
Anyway!
Yes.
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u/ScarInternational161 16h ago
He claims he is a sovereign citizen.... watched part of this video earlier lol. It's great.
His license plate says diplomat written in marker.
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u/AsWolfwood 16h ago
Committing a crime is dumb.
Filming yourself committing a crime is dumber.
Filing yourself committing a crime and then posting it to the internet yourself is self snitching.
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u/Sad-Committee-4902 16h ago
Filing yourself committing a crime and then posting it to the internet then driving your truck full of evidence to the police station to turn over your stolen goods........
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u/ScarInternational161 16h ago
Civil disobedience
It's accepting the consequences for his civil disobedience.
That is what protesting is really all about.
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u/Gavxxxx 16h ago
They're just going to have a non stop drone army of these things high enough you can't see them, always there, docking to recharge off solar somewhere else you cannot see. Cost slightly more but fully modular.
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u/Nenaquest2012 16h ago
As someone that lives in a high crime rate area- I’d actually like to know the stats if it honestly helps the poor citizens like myself or??? ( I’m honestly curious bcz in our apartment complex we’ve had many rapes and car issues)
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u/deephurting66 16h ago
All I saw was a floating hat, hey Flock, an SCP anomaly just stole your camera!
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u/Alarmed_Outcome3749 16h ago
Committing a felony on camera, not very smart bro. Wear a mask or maybe don't film this 😂
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u/TacoLoyalist 16h ago
Here is Jevon's gofundme link.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/jevons-mission-to-rebel-against-the-tyranny
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u/EggForTryingThymes 16h ago
Don’t film yourself and don’t take your phone or watch with you. Do dismantle flock cams
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u/Nikki-C-Puggle-mum 16h ago
Don't bring your phone along and record yourself committing a crime. Don't bring your car either especially if it a newer model year one.
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u/LastChance331 16h ago
I just saw the post about him leaving his truck with like 10-15 in back at a police station.
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u/Fumanchusucka 16h ago
Only Maga would do this, defending tax payers, wasting the money they spent on them. Such a shame
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u/Trick-Goat-3643 16h ago
Just saw a picture in another post of his truck with like 8 of them in the back
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u/BlackWunWun 16h ago
Its crazy how that camera came down all on its own with no outside interference
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u/ReadyGo6828 15h ago
These things are so poorly made and they cost taxpayers so much. What a travesty.
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u/CornerCharacter5180 15h ago
What’s crazy is how shitttttt the build quality is on all these flock cameras 💀💀💀 the really skimped on materials and install lol
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u/Zerus_heroes 15h ago
Yeah he shouldn't have done this on his own camera and then posted it online.
Don't record your own illegal activities.
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u/dammitmeghan 15h ago
The post right above this one shows his pickup truck bed full of flock cameras sitting outside of a police station. He got arrested
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u/Sunset_Bleu 15h ago
Maybe he considered take a sledge hammer and at least bend circular base so they can't just put a new top in. I'm not offering advice but maybe he considered that.
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u/thrillybizzaro 15h ago
Wait so, if you can just unscrew them... could people just unscrew them and make them point a different direction?
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u/courtlandthethreeth 15h ago
Seent the end result of this in another post, never thought I’d get all this context!
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u/Early_Hall5720 15h ago
I'm curious if they switched to bolted poles to prevent people from cutting them
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u/ArtzeyFartzey 15h ago
Remember just cause it doesn't say 'flock' doesn't mean it isn't surveillance.
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u/Zombie-squad1991 15h ago
His arrest tells you who the cops and judges work for...hint its not the people
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u/HaruKodama 15h ago
Remember when American media would make fun of and even fear monger about how China was a surveillance state?
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u/BiggieBigs34 14h ago
Look I’m not saying you should do anything illegal but angle grinders are the way to go.
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