i bet this will become the first public example of the state surveillance being used to protect our oligarchy from us and; given the democrat’s obstinacy when it came to constructive criticism during the election; americans will treat it as another nothing-burger like they did with the genocide and it’ll become yet another nail in the coffin of the american empire’s decline; besides the election, ukraine’s defeat, afghanistan withdrawal, iraqi wmd’s, etc.
yeah the democrats did it. ffs.
ukraine’s defeat
Tankie moment.
yes, it’s tankie to spell out reality in the united states.
sometime i wish this were reddit so i could do remind me next year
No it’s a tankie thing to say Ukraine lost when the war is ongoing. You just want Putin’s dictatorship to have more land.
Down with Russian imperialism.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
No it’s a tankie thing to say Ukraine lost when the war is ongoing. You just want Putin’s dictatorship to have more land.
Down with Russian imperialism.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
i want the ukrainians to exist as sovereign peoples instead of a new vassal state to the dying american empire since the people that i descend from have been trying for almost 500 years to shake off the enslavement of this same empire.
There are no proposals of Ukraine joining the United States.
Russia is the country to blame causing the problems in the region as the Kremlin is responsible for Holodomor and for the rampant corruption in Eastern Europe.
the ukrainian inexplicably want to join the american hegemony called nato on the eve of its collapse; they’re better off on their own w/o serving as a a future proxy battlefield with the collapsing united states empire.
So is this what people keep talking about when they say they see a lot of tankies in lemmy?
Cause me reading that, OP was implying the likely defeat given current trend, I did not take it as a support of Putin.
the first public example of the state surveillance being used to protect our oligarchy from us
What do you think it has been used for up to this point?
it’s been done surreptitiously or academic masturbation until now
The government knows when you masturbate The government knows when you feel alone And it’s getting late and you’re sitting at home
i get that this is snark; but in case you really didn’t know: snowden proved that they had this capability circa 2008 and they’ve only gotten better at it after 15+ years.
Oh - it’s not snark… it’s a song: https://youtu.be/4zH9Zca1vRM
the corn dog ammunition belt made the american flags feel redundant. lol
this will become the first public example of the state surveillance being used to protect our oligarchy from us
This feels hyperbolic.
The state protects the status quo, including whoever has money. I wouldn’t limit it to surveillance. If we’re just talking about the US, there’s the Battle of Blair Mountain, all of COINTELPRO, Watergate (I think?), etc.
the difference is that it’s in the news and has widespread appeal.
those examples were either done surreptitiously or were only academic exercises in privacy; this is real-world application of that academic theory that has the chance of not being suppressed or ignored due to its notoriety.
Limp dick regime goons aint got shit… and the long this goes, the more likely he will get away with it.
I hope all of these business “leadership” add this to their calculus when they fuck over paying customers to live large.
FAFO
how about some totally true tips we saw him walk past nearby?
There he goes!
There he goes again!
Racing through my CCTV!
If this guy has any brains at all, he’s in Timbuktu by now.
Once outside of the US, I think the CIA gets involved and I suspect it’s, in many ways, a more dangerous group to have mad at and hunting for you.
I dunno, Mali hasn’t been doing so hot. I’d be curious what the kidnappers that catch him would do with him though
He’s definitely not up here in Canada, relaxing in my basement.
Nor mine. They’d better not waste their resources coming up here to have a look.
deleted by creator
He could literally take a train to Georgia and just hang out lmfao
Since they know that’s where he came from, pretty sure they’re looking for him threre
How do they know?
They have video of him arriving in NYC on a bus from Atlanta.
A smart lad would’ve done that to throw the cops off track. I hope he was smart.
Seems that he’s smarter than the average felon. I watch NYC TV, and the cops just announced they found something in Central Park. If he’s smart he would have ditched the gun.
How do you know?
Reported 2 days ago on NYC TV.
That seems awfully quick.
The odds of him being found fall exponentially each day
Unfortunately, I’ve worked with a lot of republicans in my lifetime. Hating overpaid CEOs and thinking insurance is a scam are 2 of the only things I’ve seen republicans and democrats agree on. Good fucking luck convicting him.
“we are gonna get this guy”
I count 6
We are going to get this guy… 7
Anyway, the reported counted 4, not the police.
I assume you were trying to insult the police. (As much as i think thats cool, you have aimed at the wrong target)
We gon git dis guy - 5
“we’re” is one word.
“Gonna” is slang, but still one word. You’d probably be better breaking that into “going” and “to”.
But still, the sentence is 5 words.
200 pics are big boy words.
That’s at least 10 seconds of video footage at 20 FPS.
50 years later they finally find him having lived a long fruitful life I’m Santa Monica as a smile model in Colgate commercials. Had 10 children with a beautiful model wife who loved him. Probably worked at the muffler shop for 20 years before discovering his Passion for photography.
Imagine doing this much public service then retiring into a regular job because you are a chill guy who just likes helping people
Something the rich parasites would never understand
King George, upon learning of George Washington’s intention to resign, said “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.”
I’m not here to lionize or even defend slaveowner George Washington. Your comment just made me think of that.
Going by the title I thought I was in c/theonion for a second. Or c/nottheonion.
Jury nullification.
Americans really need to google these words if they haven’t already.
In a private browsing window because if they know you know about it you will never serve on a jury.
Good luck going though the search history of every single person up for jury selection.
Also, a “private window” won’t lean jack shit, just means your local personal files won’t save what you do. Cookies and Google and whatnot still do.
If you want to be anon, use TOR with VPN or at least a VPN.
I don’t think its helpful to combine a Tor and VPNs in most situations. Tor itself should be fine
It pretty much is the VPN as far as I’ve understood it.
deleted by creator
Second link seems to be down.
OK, my bad, I’m not too well versed in the subject
thanks
Vpn with tor can hide the fact that you’re using tor from your isp
Yep, it’s gotten me out of jury duty twice
If people with intelligence and empathy skip out on jury duty, that leaves idiots and sociopaths to judge the accused.
Well unfortunately I have a job and a mortgage. If the trial goes longer than the few days that my employer is forced to pay me, and I’m stuck with the $50 a day the state pays, I’m fucked. I don’t consider living on the street a civic duty.
That’s fair and I’ve had to bail on jury duty for the same reason, although I was able to participate once.
Most Americans didn’t see any crime…
You are assuming that this saint protector of the working people could be presumably guilty of a crime
Oh no, I’m not talking about this case. Just in general, it’d be good of Americans to inform themselves on that.
You have to say it six times in a row in front of a mirror with the lights off.
He’s not getting a jury. They’re going to cut him down and say he shot himself so his legacy will be that he was a coward . At least that will be the attempt but it seems like everyone will know better
He should walk naked into a major TV studio carrying nothing, ask them to call the cops. Force them to accept a surrender.
“He was in the middle of sexually assaulting the news crew.”
I still don’t think the smiling picture is him. Unless he ditched the backpack and jacket, got different ones and then ditched the backpack again.
Hangs self in cell when camera is broken.
This exactly my thought. They will do everything to make him crazy or suicidal.The good thing is that someone leak what he wrote on the casing. This makes it clear he is socially motivated. Hopefully, if they ever close in, he will have an online stream up.
they are so annoyed that they actually have to do any work because the subject was rich.
They are wasting a lot of time and money and energy on this investigation
deleted by creator
They’re likely just going to execute him when they find him so as to not allow that. Say he was brandishing or something.
It would only make sense for him to turn himself in while accompanied by his lawyer after releasing a statement that he will be doing so. Even so, eventually he’s going to be alone in police custody and I’d be surprised if he survives that for long.
They obviously value some lives more than others. No surprise, of course.
What lives would those be??
It’s a mystery!
“Why?”
In addition to looking for the killer, police are still searching for a motive as to why someone would kill Thompson.
This is definitely where they need to focus their resources first.
I’m convinced. This is a South Park episode.
Is the NYPD not aware of the internet?
It’s clear they haven’t even given it a first look. The guy put the title of the book on the bullet casings
Somebody looking to hide their motive would that too tho
Too bad they can’t read!
Yes. It is extremely bizarre how something like this could happen.
Especially since the president elect already said he could do the same thing one block over, four years ago
Honestly? Yea probably. It’d be fucking amazing if the police ended up releasing a report on just how much UHC fucked this guy or his family/friends over.
I mean for all we know it has nothing to do with healthcare premiums. The guy could be a fellow board member who got boned out of a bonus or something.
The message on the bullets would suggest otherwise. To me that seems like an attempt to preempt speculation that the motive had nothing to do with insurance company fuckery.
Tbf, that’s the largest pool of potential suspects, so it makes sense that they’d want to call police attention in that direction regardless of the actual motive. I do think it’s genuine, but it’s a smart move either way
Could just as easily be a red herring.
I mean, most likely it isn’t internal insurance drama, but it could be.
Besides, how amazing would it be for the cops to say “yeah so we researched this and it was definitely a retaliation execution for all the lives he murdered in his quest for money and power”. Talk about putting the billionaire class on alert haha
I love how they’re using the full force of their resources to catch this guy, but a random murder they put two detectives on for a few months, shrug and close the case.
And every politician, every cop on the street Protects the interests of the pedophilic corporate elite
Thaaaat is how the world works! 🎶
This needs more attention. We should all be collectively outraged at the police response. They should saddle 2 detectives with the case and direct all these resources back to where they were before. The rest of the CEOs can sleep with one eye open.
shrug and close the case
