The government is busting out the big guns to surveil protesters, according to trackers.

As Trump’s shock troops invade Los Angeles, his administration is using every tool at its disposal to attack and surveil the political protests taking place in the city’s streets. That apparently includes the use of a Predator drone, which 404 Media reports was spotted by an aviation tracker as it zoomed over the city.

The outlet notes that, over the weekend, an MQ-9 Reaper flew over the political protests happening in the city. Onlookers suspected the drone’s presence based on public flight data that picked up movements of a mysterious aircraft:

One aircraft with no callsign, making it initially difficult to determine its model or which agency it belongs to, flew above the areas of the protests in Paramount and downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. The data showed this aircraft flying in distinctive hexagonal patterns, and 404 Media observed it fly afterwards to the U.S.-Mexico border.

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    big floppy hats and juggalo make up is on order. (for the make up, widen or narrow the eyes, add dark lines along the jaw that create a false jawline, maybe include dots to mimic more eyes, etc,) Also wear baggy clothing because they’re not just using facial recognition. gate recognition as well as other biometrics. wear black or dark clothing.

    also it won’t matter if you have your cell phone with you. Either put it in a faraday pouch or leave it behind (maybe consider getting a cheap burner for comms, that you can prepay with cash.). If you go the faraday route, the moment you take it out, it’ll start broadcasting.

    For recording… get a camera. a camcorder is one option. Another is a body camera (cheapos start at like 30 bucks on amazon.). Also remember that Video=Evidence, so if you see people about to do something they maybe shouldn’t consider turning away, etc, as well as avoiding other protestor’s faces. (especially if you push video up on the internet later. Blur those faces out.)

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    A technology built to genocide people, is coming back to hunt you… History is amazing…

    Abraham Karem was born in Baghdad, Iraq, to an Assyrian Jewish couple. His family moved to Israel in 1951, where he grew up. From an early age, he had an innate passion for aeronautics, and at the age of 14, he started building model aircraft. Karem is regarded as the founding father of UAV (drone) technology. He graduated as an aeronautical engineer from the Technion. He built his first drone during the Yom Kippur War for the Israeli Air Force. In the 1970s, he immigrated to the United States.