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GreatGazoo

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2. so if the call was monitored DURING a "Black Friday Boycott march" is it possible that

Sun Dec 21, 2014, 10:57 AM

Dec 2014

the caller was within earshot of others? For example if she is part of the March and the march is infiltrated then someone can hear her calls without any fancy wiretapping.

The phrase "she's on her phone a lot" suggests someone watching her visually, not electronically. If she was monitored electroically they may have been inclined to say something more like "she is calling news organizations" or whoever. Also the phrase "we'll keep an eye on it" suggests visual monitoring.

Not saying that it doesn't fit at all with a phone tap just that it is unclear and there is no expectation of privacy when making calls from the middle of a public march with 100s of people around you.

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Slip of an Officer’s Tongue Suggests Police Are Monitoring #BlackLivesMatter Protesters’ Cell Phones [View all] marmar Dec 2014 OP

Juicy Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #1

so if the call was monitored DURING a "Black Friday Boycott march" is it possible that GreatGazoo Dec 2014 #2

stingray wiretaps Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #3

The implication is pretty clear localroger Dec 2014 #4

Not necessarily. . During the protests in NYC they had plain clothes officers walking with the crowd okaawhatever Dec 2014 #24

Still makes no sense localroger Dec 2014 #30

How would they get her phone number? That is exactly why the undercover guys were in the okaawhatever Dec 2014 #33

The machine scoops up the numbers of everyone in a particular area, Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #37

Well, what good would a second cop visually monitoring her do? Demit Dec 2014 #8

I didn't read it that way. Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #18

Thanks Obama. n/t L0oniX Dec 2014 #5

one thing that really bugs me about this barbtries Dec 2014 #6

TPTB not wanting organization on the left? Brigid Dec 2014 #19

you're right of course. barbtries Dec 2014 #21

Of course they are monitoring cell phone calls, the cheap and effective tecnnology cries out to be used Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #7

They've done a lot more than just monitor cell phones. Live and Learn Dec 2014 #9

They focused on "disabling the people's technology" in Berkeley, too daredtowork Dec 2014 #15

Yep, I was watching that one live when it happened. Live and Learn Dec 2014 #16

He was sort of a cause celebre daredtowork Dec 2014 #17

I think that is one of the biggest problems. The police are totally out of touch with what is going jwirr Dec 2014 #25

They are lucky I was not the streamer's boss. Brigid Dec 2014 #22

I think it means the opposite. They're asking each other if anyone knows pnwmom Dec 2014 #10

Why would someone close enough to the protestor to see she was on Live and Learn Dec 2014 #20

Because these guys are all talking to each other, pnwmom Dec 2014 #26

Maybe the fusion center officer knew enough not to talk about it on the radio. Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #34

What surprised me is that people still hold onto the naive thought that they weren't. Javaman Dec 2014 #11

And the use of couriers too. azmom Dec 2014 #27

common knowledge here in chi. mopinko Dec 2014 #12

Ironic that the ones that use this technology PumpkinAle Dec 2014 #13

There has been a lot of talk of stingrays daredtowork Dec 2014 #14

Here we go again. Back to the 60s. jwirr Dec 2014 #23

It occurred to me that police probably get overtime pay demigoddess Dec 2014 #28

Fascism. Pure and simple. JEB Dec 2014 #29

Who gains from this being made public? Jim Beard Dec 2014 #31

It would surprise me if they weren't JonLP24 Dec 2014 #32

I am Shocked!!! Sparhawk60 Dec 2014 #36

Kickety countryjake Dec 2014 #35

bump..nt Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #38

du rec. xchrom Dec 2014 #39