President Donald Trump’s warning that the US military parade protesters in Washington, DC on Saturday will be called “very heavy force” and threatens to cool the speech, and privacy lawyers have been told that protesters will be urged to take care of digital surveillance. Stuffy.
In the Oval Office remarks on Tuesday, Trump did not distinguish between peaceful and non -sacred protesters. “For those who want to protest, they will be met with great power,” Trump said. –
It is impossible to predict whether surveillance tools – such as facial identification to identify people in the crowd, vehicles entering some areas, cell site simulators that collect information on mobile phones, or geofins warrants that need to provide information about all users in a particular area. The White House, via a signed email from the General Press Office account, did not answer the question whether the administration had planned to deploy supervision technologies, but it identified recent remarks about Trump and Levit’s protests. The DC Metropolitan Police this week indicated remarks through the Secretariat Service’s Washington Field Office in -charge Matt McCool, who said the agency and its partners would run the drone during the military parade.
Even if it is unclear whether other surveillance tools can be used, experts say it is wise for the protesters to understand that they will be. The use of such technologies reinforces the cause of their concern, as Trump’s recent military troops in response to protests against immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in Los Angeles are a growing increase against Government GwenNewsom’s wishes. “If we’re talking about a president who is threatening heavy power in Washington, he is already using heavy force in Los Angeles, I think I think it will be unpredictable,” says Chad Marlow, a senior policy lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
The Homeland Security Department confessed to using a drone to monitor the Black Lifes Meter protests in the wake of George Fleide’s murder by a white police officer in 2020. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) used a police assistance in a police headquarters in Seattle using the Jeopenian warrant in 2022, which received information about a police weapon in Seattle, which received information about a police headquarters in a police headquarters in a police headquarters. , Black this week in Los Angeles, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed that it was flying a hunter drone for “officer safety monitoring”.
Experts say the ICE’s aggressive efforts have tried to meet Trump’s mass deportation demands, and increased the deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles, even more alarms. “I have been helping to guide the protest since being in middle school, and I have never seen a moment of barbarism, which has led to violence and militancy,” the cause of violence against those who use their first amendment rights to disagree with President Trump’s office. ” 1984. “It’s really taking us to an unmanned area, and I say that our initial point in this whole story was a terrible point.”
“There is a loss that cannot be reversed”
The surveillance data can be used for retaliation against the protesters, and both Marlo and the priest say that when law enforcement agencies submit it, we usually do not know until the reality. Information about the whereabouts and activities of protesters can be used against them, for example, to accuse them of crime or help deportation – and some surveillance tools, such as facial identity, can cause misconceptions, especially in color people.
The courts have so far stopped many efforts by the Trump administration. But Marlow has warned that even if groups like ACLU have succeeded in court later against the use of surveillance technology, some damage can happen before – which involves being afraid of keeping people from protesting. He says, “There is a loss that cannot be reversed.”
Demonstrators can take steps to restrict their privacy risks. These include wearing face -to -face technology utility, leaving your smartphone at home – or logging in with the least accounts – and writing important phone numbers such as emergency contacts and legal aid on your arm. ACLU maintains a list of protesters’ rights, and Stuffy There is a leader about how to secure your phone before the protest.
“In such a moment, we just don’t know what the risks to the rule of law in this country.
Marlo and the priest noted that these warnings can recover some people for the time to use their first amendment rights – but they are important for supply. The priest says, “As a lawyer for public interest, our role is to give honest information to people. And in cold moments, nothing can be prepared to protest this figure.” “But the purpose is not to spread fear, and I think we also fight a lot of misunderstandings. But this is very important, not only helps the protesters understand their rights, help protecting their privacy, but also an honest review of the dangers, and only in this country.
This is due to this cold effect that the priest says, “The monitoring of the protest is not merely compatible with freedom of expression. When you give the government the authority to make a dossier for every person who raises his voice with dissent, it is going to silence millions.”
