cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/politics@lemmy.world/p/2474069/ice-is-reportedly-using-a-palantir-database-to-compile-dossiers-on-protestors-engadget

An attorney representing protestors said this infringes on First Amendment rights.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    I’ve always assumed they were profiling protesters. I go to to protests head-to-toe in full costume because of it.

    They can try to profile me, but they’re just going to get a costume that millions of people own.

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      ICE was raiding specific buildings because they needed to be cleared out for development by the kushners. I’m sure Trumps secret police is capable of anything.

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    Americans are in genuine danger from their government and this is only going to get worse. If the midterms fail to affect change through the democratic system, you all are going to have to make a choice between complete capitulation to a group of child raping tyrants, or actually fighting back together. I hate this timeline.

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      I guaran-fuckin-tee ya, Americans will choose capitulation. There’s a very special “The Voice” coming up.

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    Well, if anyone had wanted to change the laws, they had 70 years to do it. COINTELPRO started in 1956 and nobody has put any kind of brakes on surveillance or even torture.

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    Fascists love that kind of stuff. They always do lists of the people they would like to kill.

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      They are.

      And in fact, people just doing good old fashioned protesting and testifying are accomplishing great things, like getting almost 400 Flock contracts killed since June. I made a video about it.

      You might imagine that billionaires aren’t much inclined to report on such things, and they own all of the major news outlets.