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Morgen gibt's #OberligaHamburg #auswärtsfahrt ♥️
#altona93 (#SayUhAhAltona!) ist zu Gast bei #ConcordiaHamburg!
Um 19 Uhr ist Anpfiff.
Bin mal gespannt, wie es läuft, nachdem wir 3 Spiele etwas geschwächelt haben. (Ja, #jammernaufhohemniveau - aber logisch, wenn 4/5 der Mannschaft #RamadanFasten! Respekt deshalb! Trotzdem!)
Jedenfalls bin ich noch viel mehr gespannt, ob es diesmal auch wieder ein beachtliches Aufgebot an Staatsmacht aka #cops gibt. Warum auch immer.
#Jenfeld das heiße Pflaster 😂

#Cops Tracked An Alleged Tesla Arsonist Using The Suspect’s #Car #WiFi
Cops used tower dumps to track not only suspect’s phone but also #vehicle. Detectives asked Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T to send information on all connecting devices to six relevant towers. They saw a Verizon BlueLink onboard Wi-Fi system had pinged two of the towers. According to a complaint against the eventual suspect investigators believe the BlueLink was inside his Hyundai.
forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewste
archive.ph/lcXVK

ForbesThe Wiretap: Cops Tracked A Tesla Arsonist Using His Own Car’s Wi-FiFeds trace movements of alleged Tesla arsonist and accused domestic terrorist via Verizon's onboard Wi-Fi, court documents show.

#America​n shakedown: #Police won't charge you, but they'll grab your #money
cbc.ca/news/world/american-sha (from 2014!)

"#US police are operating a co-ordinated scheme to seize as much of the public’s cash as they can"

"[...] in the eyes of thousands of cash-hungry #cops you’re a rolling ATM."

The article ends with some travel advice.

My advice: avoid the USA if you're not located there for a couple of decades.

CBCANALYSIS | Travelling to the U.S.? Beware the police cash-grab: Neil Macdonald | CBC NewsAcross America, law enforcement officers - from federal agents to state troopers right down to sheriffs in one-street backwaters - are operating a vast, co-ordinated scheme to grab as much of the public’s cash as they can, writes Neil Macdonald.
#tourism#MAGA#Trump
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@ProPublica #Cops can't be trusted in any way, shape or form. Every cop must have their body cam video and audio enabled at all times, even in the bathroom. Every cop must keep their firearms unloaded and stored in a lock box in the trunk. Every cop convicted of violations of law must forfeit their pensions. Every cop cannot be trusted, ever.

Arresting officers realize they can lie to secure confessions. Senior officers know they can exaggerate to lobby for bigger budgets. For some, a form of “noble cause corruption” is at play—a sense that any means will justify the ends of securing social order and making sure the bad guys go to jail.

thewalrus.ca/why-do-cops-keep-
#Cops #AboveTheLaw #Lying #Police

The Walrus · Why Do Cops Keep Lying? | The WalrusWidespread perjury among police is well documented. Obfuscating has become a routine part of policing