“They did the crimes at night so it’s tough” is a damning indictment of all the money we spend on surveillance/ and security theater - ThreadSky

chadstanton.bsky.social • 65 days ago

“They did the crimes at night so it’s tough” is a damning indictment of all the money we spend on surveillance/ and security theater

Reposted from e.w. niedermeyer

“These criminal actions appear to have been conducted by lone offenders, and all known incidents occurred at night, making identification and arrest of the actors difficult,”

FBI bulletin saying what I've been saying: zero relationship between protests and vandals.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi...

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rossindetroit.bsky.social•65 days ago

They got away this time but sooner or later they’ll slip up and sell a loose cigarette in the park. Then we’ve got them.

chadstanton.bsky.social•65 days ago

But only if it’s during the day time or we have a CI making the buy

genderqueeries.ca•65 days ago

"It'd have been so much easier to track them down if they just brought their phones."

professorbutts.com•65 days ago

wild to me the FBI is just like “yeah man if you commit these specific kind of crimes at night we can’t find you”

sheepflame.bsky.social•65 days ago

Also a useful pro tip.

abbie4science.bsky.social•65 days ago

ninja like

jimmycire.bsky.social•65 days ago

But they have tanks too https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna41912754

abouns.bsky.social•65 days ago

Ooh, the scorching really improves the look of the chassis.

They should do more

salvagni.org•65 days ago

Yeah but a bunch of rich white fascist dudes got richer with their AI gopro with Black person audio detection sensor companies tho, so it's cool

shuchancellor.online•65 days ago

i feel like that yellow turban rebellion isn't going to be all that difficult to kick off but im a simple country sage

certaincircles.bsky.social•65 days ago

It’s a good thing crimes rarely happen at night.

jolmy.bsky.social•65 days ago

Single mom discovers genius hack to avoid criminal prosecution! Cops hate her!

jensplaining.bsky.social•65 days ago

"the thing about nighttime is, it's dark! and the thing about dark clothes is, they're dark too! nothing we can do."

chadstanton.bsky.social•65 days ago

Like what are we supposed to be patrolling in the middle of the night or something

charlottebanks.bsky.social•65 days ago

"Carrying flashlights?? Someone else can do that, I'm driving one of those raised post-military vehicles with dramatic headlights to scare off loiterers.

Oh wait we're trying to find them. Okay. I won't use the high-beams. but I'm still sitting high above the other cars. Mission critical!"

bubblegenius.bsky.social•65 days ago

it's also likely horseshit, since Teslas have cameras that are always on, so unless the perps are using rocket launchers, it shouldn't be that difficult to find them. Makes me wonder if someone is torching at least some of them at Musk's behest so he can claim insurance & also blame the left.

tinselfire.bsky.social•65 days ago

Cybertrucks only have something like 30° rearward FoV. If you're standing in a blind spot and that car is blocking the others you can do whatever.

thebronzedragon.bsky.social•65 days ago

Its not like that money was ever designed to go to its stated purpose. Its destination was always personal coffers of politicians and their cronies. Its just the ADE 651 scam but no one is held to account because its worded in far more nebulous language that can't be prosecuted.

taterpie.bsky.social•65 days ago

Liberating, though

fatseanlives.bsky.social•65 days ago

but but sentinel mode!

syllabicsamurai.bsky.social•65 days ago

Sounds like A. the FBI is trying to embolden them into doing more crime (make the charges worth it) or B. they are simply uninterested in catching them. You can't simply hide at night. There are more ways to track someone in 2025 than video footage.

fripperskitter.bsky.social•65 days ago

So rude to do your crimes when the cops are tucked in bed

timrust.bsky.social•65 days ago

Committing crimes at night, you say?
The cunning fiends

satanicmechanic.bsky.social•65 days ago

Cops fail to solve most crimes that aren't immediately obvious, but the state & media goes to great lengths to distract from that

theohopkins.bsky.social•65 days ago

Nice patination there on the stainless steel!

abouns.bsky.social•65 days ago

I said the same! Really improves it

theohopkins.bsky.social•65 days ago

If I ever brought a CyberTruck (can't afford, don't want) I'd ask for a special all-patinated custom version.

abouns.bsky.social•65 days ago

Yeah! Like I said, they should do more. Like all of them, say

rocketboy1313.bsky.social•65 days ago

I mean, maybe I am just hopeful that the cops are looking at all the dogshit cars and thinking, "eh... fuck Elon Musk" and then just not catching the people?
Like the "suspects" board the Gotham PD had for Batman in "The Dark Knight"?

danielwbrody.bsky.social•65 days ago

And this is when they’re motivated to catch the perpetrators!

apetivist.bsky.social•65 days ago

Ah...too ba...any ways...

djohnrowins.bsky.social•65 days ago

Still asking if MTG is on any of the surveillance footage near dealerships
Just asking question
We may never know

noteom.bsky.social•65 days ago

loool that is like a skeet from the 1700s

police thwarted by dark alleyway

andy-val.bsky.social•65 days ago

Have they even ruled out "malfunction" yet? These fault-arse cars could just be bursting into flames on their own. As they've literally been documented doing.

chadstanton.bsky.social•65 days ago

It kills me how bad these folks can be at their jobs while commanding more and more money, power, and silence.

joybella.bsky.social•65 days ago

Lmao, it's funny when you think about it like this because it's the actual legacy of whiteness, LMFAO, they just renamed it capitalism.
Never forget that half of slavery inception was an accident based on greed because their asses were BROKE.

chadstanton.bsky.social•65 days ago

It’s just, the silly nature of all this stuff gets exhausting.

fakelawn.bsky.social•65 days ago

Yeah, wake me up when they finally catch the Jan 6 pipe bomber. Surely they will be putting their best efforts into investigating vandalism against a company owned by the guy who fired thousands of their colleagues.

bakerdphd.bsky.social•65 days ago

I can't get over that video of the nypd searching for luigi in the park

bakerdphd.bsky.social•65 days ago

I know you've seen it but, in case others haven't, here is the masterpiece

https://bsky.app/profile/jphillll.bsky.social/post/3lcsymw2cfs2o

chadstanton.bsky.social•65 days ago

Just stealing money on camera, not solving shit lol

bakerdphd.bsky.social•65 days ago

Look at me wave my hand with a stick in it! Thank you for the overtime.

drwambsgans.bsky.social•65 days ago

I think about this more often than I should.

chadstanton.bsky.social•65 days ago

Billions of dollars and all kinds of gadgets thwarted if you work at night and there’s no one to tell it on you.

chadstanton.bsky.social•65 days ago

Why did we stop calling them flatfoots? We should bring that back.

syllabicsamurai.bsky.social•65 days ago

I thought that was because so many police officers failed the physical for military service and so they went into local police work as a consolation, because the barrier to entry was lower.

essaywells.bsky.social•65 days ago

Also "flat feet" was traditionally what the medical examiner would put as a reason to reject, when the actual problem was at the head end not the foot end.

chadstanton.bsky.social•65 days ago

That makes sense too

chassmith.bsky.social•65 days ago

We stopped calling them flatfoots because cops switched to patrolling in their cars

ninety9ine.bsky.social•64 days ago

They should switch back

chadstanton.bsky.social•65 days ago

Good answer

beefreeferlives.bsky.social•65 days ago

& therefore had less cases of fallen arches.

the diabeetus, however, is a different story...

aerinnight.bsky.social•65 days ago

Flatasses? 🤔

ellemm.bsky.social•65 days ago

that J6 pipe bomber totally got away with it because she did that shit at night (and not because she was a member of Congress)

motown.bsky.social•65 days ago

Here’s a tip for FBI and DHS.

The DOGE incels are doing it.

themilesturner.bsky.social•65 days ago

Big Brother is always watching unless you turn the lights off, in which case go nuts

grimpo.bsky.social•65 days ago

Why did I bust out laughing!?
Followed right away.

moonsideman.bsky.social•65 days ago

TBF it gets hard to see at night and you get sleepy too

kcclyburn.bsky.social•65 days ago

Idk man seems like dismantling to FBI and replacing the competent cops (who are still bad) with the dumbest possible idiots might have a negative effect on their ability to investigate crimes but im just a dude in the internet so idk

kcclyburn.bsky.social•65 days ago

Also most crimes are solved by someone snitching and um lol don’t think that’s happening here

beefreeferlives.bsky.social•65 days ago

Seeing as how Musky fired a bunch of FBI workers, I can't see them working too hard on getting to the bottom of these attacks...

beefreeferlives.bsky.social•65 days ago

FBI: "Yeah, they did it in the dark, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

https://www.wftv.com/news/local/former-fbi-employee-living-central-florida-raises-concerns-about-doge-cuts/TDQAUTMYYNEELCKKIZZ73OUCWY/

blueheronfarm.bsky.social•65 days ago

But also, inspiring!

nerdseyeview.bsky.social•65 days ago

it's more comedy about ANTIFA too, as though it's a tightly organized group rather than randos who are just, ya know, against fascism.

briancoulombe.bsky.social•65 days ago

“It’s so dark out and I forgot my flashlight. Can I just go home please?”

scschluter.bsky.social•65 days ago

😂

greyduck.bsky.social•65 days ago

"And they aren't bragging about it on FB, which really makes our jobs harder."

speitsch.bsky.social•65 days ago

If these people had ever paid attention to the Mayday protests in Berlin they'd know that setting hundreds of cars on fire can be done by half a dozen activists

haemolysis.bsky.social•65 days ago

I think it is quite well established and socially understood that private property damage is considered very low priority and rarely, if ever, warrants forensic investigation. Would you really be suggesting otherwise?

koeru.bsky.social•65 days ago

Good.
Hope they keep getting away with it.

jenk3.bsky.social•65 days ago

So...Tesla doesn't have surveillance at their Tesla-owned stores?

pibbly.bsky.social•65 days ago

Hmm. And how many FBI and ATF agents did Musky fire?

crimeisnotacrime.bsky.social•65 days ago

They do but footage doesn't guarantee identification.

hiboulit.bsky.social•65 days ago

it would not surprise me if musk is paying people to torch teslas to create the conditions for criminalizing #teslatakeover

typicalmob.bsky.social•65 days ago

Dealership owners/managers so they can collect insurance and write off cars nobody wants.

imabeeleaver.bsky.social•65 days ago

Honestly, it would be cheaper for fElon to just destroy all his own Cybertrucks.

https://apnews.com/article/cybertruck-recall-tesla-elon-musk-nhtsa-8c517e21aa1119d74b9db39f6aca01b7

callys.bsky.social•65 days ago

My understanding is that there are no dealership owners, just managers. All of the dealerships are Tesla owned. And insurance fraud is very unlikely unless the manager somehow doesn't know that Tesla self-insures. Tesla loses money on every claim until someone else owns and insures the car.

typicalmob.bsky.social•65 days ago

ahhhh... Thanks for 'splainin'

callys.bsky.social•65 days ago

Of course this doesn't rule out a Reichstag Fire situation, but managers committing insurance fraud for money is, for once, really unlikely.

mx-peacekeeper.bsky.social•65 days ago

"They had masks on, preventing us to get a clear identification with the facial recognition software"

maryneedsnohail.bsky.social•65 days ago

The decentralized approach is also the most effective method of fighting 21st century fascism. Physical organizations are too easy to monitor and infiltrate for regimes with modern technology and tactics. An army of lone wolves, following a common strategy and operating asymmetrically, works better.

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