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In reply to the discussion: Slip of an Officer’s Tongue Suggests Police Are Monitoring #BlackLivesMatter Protesters’ Cell Phones [View all]Sparhawk60
(359 posts)36. I am Shocked!!!
Well, actually, like the poster above, I would have been shocked if they didn't monitor. What did we expect to happen? The Government has all this eavesdropping equipment and they are not using it to spy on ANYONE they see as a threat??
/for the record, I, for one, welcome and love our new spying overlords
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Slip of an Officer’s Tongue Suggests Police Are Monitoring #BlackLivesMatter Protesters’ Cell Phones [View all]
marmar
Dec 2014
OP
so if the call was monitored DURING a "Black Friday Boycott march" is it possible that
GreatGazoo
Dec 2014
#2
Not necessarily. . During the protests in NYC they had plain clothes officers walking with the crowd
okaawhatever
Dec 2014
#24
How would they get her phone number? That is exactly why the undercover guys were in the
okaawhatever
Dec 2014
#33
Of course they are monitoring cell phone calls, the cheap and effective tecnnology cries out to be used
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#7
I think that is one of the biggest problems. The police are totally out of touch with what is going
jwirr
Dec 2014
#25
Maybe the fusion center officer knew enough not to talk about it on the radio.
Jesus Malverde
Dec 2014
#34