The practice, an expert warns, could lead to “reprisals and retribution by the police for your politics.”

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    They’re making a huge mistake authoritative often do. You have to give people something to lose. If the minimum of resistance leads to the maximum punishment, then it doesn’t encourage people not to resist, it encourages them to go further because they’re already being punished as much as they can be. This is going to radicalized a lot of people. May all the protesters be safe.

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    Remember folks don’t bring electronics to demonstrations. You are definitely being tracked if you do.

    I know it’s hard in this day and age, but the least amount of electronics on you, the better.

    Cover up, be peaceful, but don’t be a push over.

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      I hope there isn’t anyone flying drones that might hit the blades of the helicopter. I don’t think one or two would be much of a risk, but if there are several people flying drones in the area it might cause a problem.

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        Forget expensive drones. Fill a giant trash bag with helium balloons and lots of loosely crumpled aluminium foil. Tie it to a spool of heavy duty fishing line. You now have a homemade barrage balloon with a radar signature the size of a battleship. Deploy these from the back of a moving van, driving upwind, for wide airspace denial.

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        Rotor blades are quite robust. I used to fly RC helicopters and have hit myself (and other objects). Now, the turbines on the other hand… those are pretty sensitive. However the intakes on, say, a Bell 206 have convolutions and can easily be screened.

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    Don’t let them corner you. As soon as the cops start arriving, scatter and regroup somewhere else. Waste their time.

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      They’ve already said they can’t handle multiple distributed protests.

      ”LAPD can handle 1 10,000 person march, but 10 1000 person marches across the city would cripple us.”

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    With regard to turning off biometrics, a phone will require password after startup. There may also be a keypress available to lock the phone and require password to unlock. The reason you want that is because lkaw enforcement can legally force you to unlock your phone with biometrics, but they can’t legally force you to give up your password.

    I am fully aware that the word “legally” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.