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cui bono

(19,926 posts) Thu Aug 14, 2014, 02:32 AM Aug 2014

Police fire tear gas near Al Jazeera crew, then disassemble the gear after they flee. #Ferguson

Glad this is documented. Freedom my ass. There's other tweets about new agencies getting targeted with tear gas.

https://twitter.com/CassFM/status/499800133174063104/photo/1

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Police fire tear gas near Al Jazeera crew, then disassemble the gear after they flee. #Ferguson (Original Post) cui bono Aug 2014 OP

disassembled and then what? hollysmom Aug 2014 #1

Delete video geomon666 Aug 2014 #2

you forgot about damage the stuff to make it unusable. easychoice Aug 2014 #3

Hopefully they took out the cards before they left it there. n/t cui bono Aug 2014 #4

they smash plugs, cut cords, break lights, dump water in the battery boxes... easychoice Aug 2014 #5

The video is off to your server? ReRe Aug 2014 #6

here have an R with your popcorn easychoice Aug 2014 #7

I smell a lawsuit... DetlefK Aug 2014 #8

Hope so. n/t cui bono Aug 2014 #9

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)

1. disassembled and then what?

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 02:44 AM

Aug 2014

Steal it or just leave it there on the ground?

geomon666

(7,512 posts)

2. Delete video

Reply to hollysmom (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 02:55 AM

Aug 2014

Confiscate camera, return it empty. Happens all the time with these pigs.

easychoice

(1,043 posts)

3. you forgot about damage the stuff to make it unusable.

Reply to geomon666 (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 03:08 AM

Aug 2014

and then sit around and laugh about it.

cui bono

(19,926 posts)

4. Hopefully they took out the cards before they left it there. n/t

Reply to geomon666 (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 03:21 AM

Aug 2014

easychoice

(1,043 posts)

5. they smash plugs, cut cords, break lights, dump water in the battery boxes...

Reply to cui bono (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 03:31 AM

Aug 2014

and generally cause as much damage as possible...
childish idiots with guns.
I'm thinkin they uplink in real time so there is no memory media to steal.
That is how my cameras are here. If they try to confiscate anything all they get is a wireless card cuz the video is off to my server.