What a shame that would have!

[sashag@anarres.family]

What a shame that would have!

[kkarhan@infosec.space]

@sashag that's why many juristictions outlaw safety gear at protests as "illegal armour"…

[gdinwiddie@mastodon.social]

@sashag I think the police scanners that you can generally buy are receivers, only. They scan a lot of frequencies to pick up signals from many transmitters in a frequency band, but don't have transmitters in them. Transmitting on police and emergency frequencies without a license would be quite illegal.

[su_liam@mas.to]

@kkarhan @sashag We need to bring back Civil Disobedience. Unjust laws violently enforced by a band of thugs are not to be obeyed.

[phreakmonkey@infosec.exchange]

@gdinwiddie @sashag agreed. And in all but the most rural areas, the police have moved to encrypted digital trunking systems instead of analog radios, so scanners aren't very useful.

The first half of the advice about PPD and buckets to contain smoke grenades is 👍 though

[bundesligatrainer@det.social]

@sashag Just wondering: Would that be legal in the US?
In some places when participating in a demonstration, it's not allowed to wear "defensive equipment" like helmets.
Is the law that regulates demonstrations federal?

[sashag@anarres.family]

@Bundesligatrainer I don't know. People in these areas should though. And be appropriately careful.

[hex@kolektiva.social]

@kkarhan @sashag also police use encrypted (but perhaps crackable) frequencies for coms. Also transmitting on police frequencies is definitely not legal.

[hex@kolektiva.social]

@su_liam @kkarhan @sashag absolutely, but doing something illegal is a decision that people choose, not something that someone does because of misinformation.

[pattyhanson@mastodon.social]

@sashag I don't understand why resisters aren't already using that equipment & if they don't want to carry a gun, for the love of god, buy pepper spray & bear spray. Buy spray paint & cover ICE vehicles. Use objects to flatten tires, bats to break windows. There's no reason to be unarmed or unprotected. Who made the rule that only fascists are allowed weapons? Civil disobedience isn't something to be considered, it should be the standard. We shouldn't be afraid of civil war. We should embrace it

[endicottauthor@mastodon.social]

@sashag And it would be a terrible shame if all of these actions make it impossible for the goons to kidnap and/or terrorize people.