While eyes are understandably on the federal level of *a lot* of on the ground damage will be done by things like this.
Police departments and local governments who already carry out a lot of the day-to-day oppression in the u.s. using the current moment to expand their powers that much more.
Police departments and local governments who already carry out a lot of the day-to-day oppression in the u.s. using the current moment to expand their powers that much more.
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The Asheville Blade
Asheville police are proudly announcing that Trump's FAA has waived previous restrictions on their use of drones, allowing them to fly higher, without usual safety observers.
APD notoriously used drones to surveil an anarchist bookstore event and hunt homeless people. #avlnews
APD notoriously used drones to surveil an anarchist bookstore event and hunt homeless people. #avlnews
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Just as Dem and Rep local officials lined up enthusiastically behind persecuting homeless, an expansion of de facto mini-police states serves both their interests.