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[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

How do you feel about your team's execution?

[-] Kcap@lemmy.world 17 points 8 hours ago

As an Eagles fan, I'd appreciate if they don't use our name in their sniper nest. If they could call it something more Cowboys appropriate like a trash nest, or little bitch nest, that would be great.

[-] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

fly eagles fly!!

[-] Jasonw911@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Wholeheartedly agree, my friend.

[-] Kcap@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

🦅🦅🦅

[-] floral_toxicity@lemmy.world 12 points 11 hours ago

That's Lucas Oil Stadium where the Indianapolis Colts play. That specific picture is from Super Bowl XLVI which took place in 2012. There was another sniper and spotter in the opposite corner.

But as others have said, most major events, including every regular NFL game have snipers in attendance.

They also have cops dressed up at fans to see if they can get through security checkpoints. They'll have the wrong ticket, play dumb, or try to sweet talk guards to get to places they shouldn't. An IRL pen test.

[-] lud@lemm.ee 10 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

An IRL pen test.

It's referred to as "physical pen testing"

[-] lightstream@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 hours ago

“physical pen testing”

oh I've seen that on the ButtSharpies subreddit

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I forgot about that, thanks for the reminder

[-] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago
[-] thisphuckinguy@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

That’s a hell of a job.

[-] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 3 points 11 hours ago

When the culture you create turns you coward this is how you react instead of fixing the causes. Fucking ignorant cowards…

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Is it me or is Costco not safe? I wish they had a sniper. Walmart needs a MOAB with a guy and a hammer 🔨⚒️ on the ready. Much safer.

[-] VantaBrandon@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

I assumed pretty everyone at Walmart is carrying from the looks of 'em

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 60 points 22 hours ago

Everyone loves the official snipers, but when I tell them I'm a freelance sniper, they get all upset.

[-] VantaBrandon@lemmy.world -3 points 8 hours ago

Considering all 20,000 people standing next to you can go buy an AR15 in like 3 seconds for the price of a used iPhone, I'd say its a pretty damned good idea.

[-] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 19 points 22 hours ago

Not abnormal? Just because a thing exists somewhere it doesn't immediately make it normal.

"Hey everyone, I saw this video online and apparently it's normal to shit in your own mouth now".

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[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 84 points 1 day ago

OP, let's not be funny, we know exactly how you feel about it

You're a mentally well adjusted human

Unlike the people who thought this is normal behaviour

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago

It makes me slightly uneasy and sad that this is done for big events, but I also understand why.

I think the knowledge just saps some of the frivolity from what is otherwise a fun, low-stakes outing.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 97 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I kinda hate to be this guy, but:

Know this does not exist in any other country

It is unnecessary in any other country

America has entirely constructed its own hell by simply not applying the same appropriate gun control you see in every other developed nation in the world

Edit: and I know you probably agree with me, but goddamn you've just collectively proven as a nation that over half your countrymen will bazooka their feet and the feet of everyone unfortunate enough to be near them, before even contemplating the idea of supporting someone who promises to make their lives better!

[-] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Every single big event all over the world has the potential to be a target for a terrorist attack.

[-] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 14 minutes ago

Every time you leave your house you have a chance to be hit by a car. It's many orders of magnitude more likely than to get killed by a terrorist attack. Yet everyone still drives cars.

The fear of terrorism has been used to curtail so many liberties. Always as a temporary measure. Draconian pre-flight security screenings? (seriously, not being allowed to bring water?): "temporary". Expansion of the surveillance state and policing: "temporary".

It's time to start asking wether this is all worth it. The fetishization of "security above all" in modern political rhetoric is a bad thing, in my opinion.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's not true,

As example, 2 years ago I was in Strasbourg for the winter markets and saw 2 things:

  1. Roving squads of military and police armed with submachine guns and even battle rifles. (Some in blue police uniforms, some in camo)
  2. I tried to get a photo from above everything and explored some stairwells. (I like urban exploration) I opened an upper floor office door and was startled by a room full of cops with binoculars and rifles leaning on the wall / resting on a table. They were not very happy with me and it took me about an hour of being a dumb tourist to disengage.

I saw similar on foot squads in Germany too.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 5 points 23 hours ago

An hour?? That's crazy-- seems like their fault the room wasn't secure, but they had to harass you for that long before letting you go?

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 8 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Checked my passport, called my hotel, checked my flights. agree, honest mistake it should have taken a few minutes. Also I doubt it was a full hour but man it felt like a lifetime.

Edit I don't think I was actually detained but they spooked me into agreeing to hang around while they verified things

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago

100%

It's a response to an entirely self-inflicted problem.

[-] Poxlox@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

This is blatantly false. I don't like it, but it most certainly happens at other countries and not just a US phenomenon. I'll paste some proof: https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/sports/brazil-police-sniper-nearly-shot-officer-during-world-cup-opening-1.1889183? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9692301/Greenpeace-apologise-Euro-2020-stunt-horror-left-two-injured.html https://sports.ndtv.com/euro-2020/snipers-were-ready-to-shoot-parachutist-at-euro-2020-match-minister-2465542/amp/1 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/feb/01/france-biggest-security-operation-six-nations-stade-italy

Also, this isn't even how they do it. It was an ad for the tripod basically, and it wasn't loaded. They use binoculars and not the rifle for scanning. https://deadspin.com/those-super-bowl-sniper-photos-are-real-5883525/

Hate to be that guy but also hate misinformation so had to chime in.

[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 6 points 13 hours ago

That is more along the lines of high government official protection at special events they attend in other countries though, not a standard practice at normal sports games.

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 5 points 13 hours ago

You said that hate misinformation, but in the first link it was a guy approaching the president, not a random game, also I always laugh when someone compare USA to Brasil and get mad when I answer that USA is a third world country

[-] Poxlox@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago

If you think that's misinformation idk what to tell you.

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[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 10 points 22 hours ago

This is how you can tell the national character is terminally diseased. If you really think you need this then you should realized you don't need the sports activity nor the stadium. Just go live in a buried sewer concrete pipe because this is where you belong.

[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 day ago

I was at a Virginia Tech football game this season. They let everyone in, all while the metal detectors are flashing non-stop. A school that had a mass shooting not all that long ago where over 30 people died doesn't give a shit what you bring into that stadium. But hey, they've got snipers above the press box.

[-] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 1 day ago

Something about a sniper in Dallas sounds familiar...

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago

He is perched at the top of a grassy bowl.

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[-] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 1 day ago
[-] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

It seems so. Here’s an article with some more information and a higher resolution image (though the image still looks like CGI to me).

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago

Every major gathering has stuff like this behind the scenes. Not just in America.

[-] Venator@lemmy.nz 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

It'd probably usually only be for high profile diplomatic/political events, or when a threat is specifically called in, outside of America, not just your average sports team needs a sniper on thier payroll 😅

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

Well the police would generally do it. That's how it generally is in the US too

Can they sell the name to a brand for advertisement?

"The stadium sniper is presented to you by Bud Light!"

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