This guy nails it. This surveillance technology creates a system of default suspicion, or pre-crime, as he puts it, wherein we are all transformed into perpetual suspects in an infinite open police investigation that never ends.
Sharing the ICE-advice I sent my teen daughter today after this attempted murder in my community:
“ICE just tried to murder someone in Falls Church. These are very dangerous people who could target you because of me. They purposely step in front of moving cars so they’ll have an excuse to kill the driver. They also go to the homes of protestors AND immigration attorneys to threaten their families. Here’s what I need you to do:
1. Take the magnetic Abolish ICE stickers off my car before driving it.
2. Always lock the front door. If anyone knocks, LOOK through the peephole and DO NOT OPEN IT IF YOU SEE THOSE FUCKERS.
3. Immediately start recording, even if you can only record talking and can’t see them. Try to livestream if you can.
4. Open the [redacted] window and ask if they have a warrant. If they say yes, make them show it to you through the window. If it doesn’t have either of our names, a date, a real judge’s signature, and give them permission to enter, tell them to get fucked.
5. If they tell you they can’t get through the bushes to show you a warrant, tell them that’s not your goddamn problem:
6. If they don’t go away, call 911. Tell them that you are a minor at home alone and there are armed masked men who are trying to break into the house.
7. If you are driving and see them, GET THE FUCK AWAY. Whatever you do don’t drive near them. Pull over if you have to.
8. If they stop you, start recording immediately and livestream it if you can.
9. If they ask you questions, say “AM I FREE TO GO?”
10. If they say no, say “I INVOKE MY RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT and want to see a lawyer.”
11. You don’t have to tell them a goddamn thing and NO ONE has ever once benefitted from talking to the police. Don’t answer their questions. KEEP RECORDING.
12. Also, ALWAYS say “I DO NOT CONSENT TO A SEARCH” if they ask.
This is absolutely WILD. Here's the dashboard video posted by @Fritschner. Fast forward to about 1 minute. An ICE officer jumps out of a van and pulls a gun on this woman immediately before lying and claiming she "almost ran us over."
*profanity warning if watching in public.