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I've been wondering that myself lol. So random. I heard it's because they share data with cops, but I don't know how many people on the ground actually know that.
I have a feeling it's just an easy way to get a burning car in the road to cause disruptions, because you can easily call them over.
It's because the waymos would drive themselves in front of the line of cops, protestors would light them on fire, creating a flaming wall where the cops would not cross.
It's frankly genius. And should be used in any city with waymos.
People said this about the burning and looted Target stores in Minneapolis in 2020. It wasn't true, a lot of people on the ground absolutely knew about many of their horrible practices, and even those who didn't know the specifics correctly idenitified big corporations and big tech as being big drivers/boosters of police repression and surveillance.
More generalized looting is also a thing (and I have no interest in condemning it) but there's a reason Target went first and was targeted across neighborhoods even far from the action.
That specific Target (the first one) was well known as a testing ground for new surveillance techniques
Idk it just doesn't send the right message. Just looks look like a bunch of brats vandalizing stuff using ICE raids as an excuse. Why not smash actual ICE cars?
oh no not the poor property owned by a corporation :(
I'm not worried for the corporation at all, more worried about the public image this gives off from everybody classifying activists as looters and knuckleheads.
If you’re so worried about that then maybe you should stop insinuating that you think that way and defend these protesters from smears by the media. You can’t tone police an organically arisen protest movement. These are regular (but very brave) people fighting fascist government institutions. It’s very easy to recognise the actual bad guys here so don’t go and pretend it’s not.
I think it's beautiful and inspring, and there were police and ICE vehicles damaged with at least one burned as well. If someone thinks these people or anyone rioting these days are 'brats', better optics won't change that. People at the time thought MLK and the civil rights movement were too violent, how do people view it now?
Cause of the guys with guns in those cars. They waymos are being called in and set in fire to disrupt the roads and make it harder for cops to get around.
I don't think the activists are really worried about messaging. The political system in this country has completely abandoned these people and left them no choice but to take community defense into their own hands. Both political parties have doubled down on border fascism, building a bigger police surveillance state, building more prisons, and building more police counterinsurgency training centers. These people aren't out here trying to convince people to vote for Democrats. They are taking direct action to inhibit raids in their community.
They did on a few occasions. The majority were LAPD because they formed the majority of the repressive forces deployed so far.
It is worth noting that Waymo is a Google property though. Google is a significant defense and surveillance contractor that provides technology to ICE.
Interesting that you're upset about the message these protestors are sending instead of the message that the cops are sending, the state is sending, the federal government is sending, the national guard is sending, ICE is sending......
I'm just saying it's better to directly attack those government vehicles rather than a self driving car.
It’s looks like a fun get together to me
Well the message isn't for you then.