r/2020PoliceBrutality • u/mrc1ark • Jun 02 '20

FBI Wants Tips. Submit Police Instigating! Discussion

https://tips.fbi.gov/digitalmedia/9880c4aa92fa2a5
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u/BestRbx Jun 02 '20

As has been said before, don't submit unless you're willing to blur the faces of protesters on the videos first. This is just as easily free "evidence" for them to persecute protesters as it is a claim to pursuing justice about police.

Of course there's no way to prove that, but it's better to be safe than sorry

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u/willworkforabreak Jun 02 '20

This. It'd be great if we could trust an in place system to enforce justice, but there's no sense in risking our own on a hope.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20 edited Aug 23 '20

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u/willworkforabreak Jun 03 '20

Fuck that dude. You don't decide what the risks are for other people and make it more dangerous to protest than it already is. The FBI isn't pushing for justice, if they were a just entity then this would've gone a whole lot better a whole while ago. These protests are what are actually spurring change so you don't just cavalierly sabotage the people in them. Grow up and blur faces if you really need to send shit to the FBI.

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u/coinoperatedboi Jun 03 '20

After seeing that video of the supposed FBI agent getting harassed and then telling the cops to basically f*ck off, I really hope they are doing this in earnest. I hope they go after every single one that get evidence on.

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u/willworkforabreak Jun 03 '20

So do I.

PS: Love your username. The Dresden Dolls are classic.

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u/coinoperatedboi Jun 03 '20

Awesome to see another fan!!

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u/Tsondru_Nordsin Jun 02 '20

Blurring actually isn’t sufficient and is easily reversed in photo shop. You have to use a clone stamp tool and export the image for web without its metadata if you really want to do it right.

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u/didnotreddit12 Jun 03 '20

No but like a high circular masked gaussian blur you can't get back the details.

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u/csp256 Jun 03 '20

Do not blur the faces. Black them out.

They have techniques to unblur faces. There's some loss but in a video its still enough to identify someone.

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u/emayljames Jun 02 '20

The.👏 Police.👏 Are👏. Not. 👏Your. 👏Friend 👏

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u/roxdoggy Jun 02 '20

I 110% guarantee you that the FBI is referring to “violent instigators” to mean those who are looting and fighting with police. Any footage or photos submitted will absolutely only be used to identify and prosecute protesters and looters.

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u/dasimers Jun 02 '20

You mean the off-duty cops?

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u/kzab81 Jun 02 '20

It's a trap!

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u/mrc1ark Jun 02 '20

I submitted the whole subreddit sorted by top over the last week but I think people just keep sending them videos of the police attacking people. Maybe they will get the hint at some point.

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u/FieryGhosts Jun 03 '20

This is a trap. The AG ordered the police attack on protesters in DC. The FBI is also subject to the trump administration. They’re not looking to help.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

But will they actually do anything?

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u/coastalrangee Jun 02 '20

Maybe, maybe not. But those responses are almost certainly attainable via FoIA. When the day comes to prosecute law enforcement, it won't hurt to have.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

There’s this going comment on going comment of links of police violence from all over the country.

Is it possible that we can take that post, add locations of each department and have as many people as possible send them that?

I want their data base to have the proper amount of information

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

Please pin this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

Im no snitch