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Why is your entire comment history deleted?

Yeah, this whole thing is very poorly done and really screams like annexcuse toncreate andalse flag moment. I saw a Reddit comment that this exact thing was listed in the Project2025 playbook as part of an excuse to create a scene and enact martial law.

One thing I'd recommend that I'm unsure how to easily obtain, is getting the phone number of a civil rights lawyer ready. It does kind of contradict the point about not bringing phones, I suppose. At the very least, if one is available in the vicinity after attempted arrests it can be useful.

I also feel somewhat guilty, as I will be attending in a very blue state that's unlikely to have so much resistance, so I may skirt some of those rules myself.

And based on the deal Trump is doing with Bukele, there's a chance you could end up getting thrown into an El Salvadorian prison and locked up with MS-13 gangbangers.

I wish I was joking...

Great advice except I'm confused about how to "stream everything" if we're supposed to leave our phones at home.

I absolutely fucking hate that I can't say you're being a bit overkill.

What the actual fuck

The instant anything is posted on here it's already been scraped. Know this. Act accordingly.

Just saying, this seems really sketchy folks.

Some tips to help you out

• don’t take your phones to the protest
• if you take a burner, don’t take it home. buy it, and trash it at the protest.
• don’t take anything that could identify you as you
• superglue and baking soda on your fingerprints. don’t go crazy, just enough to make printing you impossible/difficult
• write any important phone numbers on your arm or ankle in permanent marker if you can’t remember them
• stuff a couple hundred dollars for bail in your shoe
• don’t give ANYONE your real name. don’t care how hot they are or how impassioned they are, just fucking don’t
• designate one trusted individual to come get you from jail. they are not to bring their phone, they should park at least 1/4 mile away and walk to get you(long enough to realize you’re being tailed by police).

Pay attention to your surroundings, specifically the movement of officers/agents. if they’re running you should be too. if there’s a large group marching or a wall marching, leave immediately and regroup.

ICE will be there. they will be picking people up. many of them not illegal. if you’re not white, wear makeup if you can get away with it. paint your face with state colors if need be. not a mask, so it shouldn’t be covered by “no-mask” states.

Know your rights. Bring the proof of your rights. Force them to acknowledge your rights.

Stream everything.

If you are picked up you will;

• go on a list
• be unlawfully monitored
• become a link in a larger web to ensnare organizers

You will now go dark for at least a month. No social media posts about the protests, no discussions about the protests, nothing. After that, it should be difficult to pair your online activity with your real world activities.

If you can’t make it to the protests, record the streams, share them online, pressure the public to demand answers for the crimes committed by the officers/agents.

One last thing.

There will undoubtedly be people there to provoke the protests. do not let them. once one incident of violence is determined all bets off and the police will become physically involved.

Trust no one, question everything, power to the people. 🫵

This message from a colleague will live here until the death of Lemmy

For further research here's a great video on mutual aid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfJNbCBqYV8

Why delete this treasure trove of good information??