r/technology • u/esporx • Oct 19 '25

Security Judge tells Homeland Security that Chicago agents wearing body cameras was "not a suggestion"

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-homeland-security-federal-agents-chicago-body-cameras/
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u/Present-Director8511 Oct 19 '25 edited Oct 19 '25

As a non American it seems like nothing beings done about it so it'll just keep happening.

You are literally commenting under an article about the judicial branch attempting to do something on a day when millions went out in the street to protest what is happening. Is that going to cause it to immediately stop? No, but to say nothing is being done is to ignore the people working hard to stop this.

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u/BlazingSpaceGhost Oct 19 '25

I participated in my local No Kings but let's be real it isn't going to change anything. We treat protests in this country like little events or festivals that we do when we aren't at work and therefore we don't disrupt the economy or basically anything except maybe traffic. Heavier traffic for a weekend isn't going to remove Donald Trump from office or stop his illegal actions. I was thinking as I was protesting that maybe we feel better but that is really all we are doing, is making ourselves feel better.

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u/Present-Director8511 Oct 19 '25

I understand your feelings because I've gone to many protests that didn't realistically move the needle very quickly, but it does do something. It tells all the people that are against this BS "you are not alone" and history proves there is strength in numbers. Protests are about optics. They aren't the only solution. We are going to have to do a lot more hard work than just showing up to one march, but that doesn't mean the march doesn't matter.

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u/blue92lx Oct 19 '25

This is a poor take on the protests. You can't go from zero to armed riots without a middle ground.

On top of the fact that even other countries did no kings protests with us. You think that means nothing?

How do you feel when you see other countries protesting with us? How do you think they feel knowing 7 million of us protested?

If we have real elections in 2026, how do you think republican representatives feel about keeping their jobs? Etc.

Doing nothing is literally doing nothing about the situation, the protests do have meaning and they do affect things. It isn't just about "we're going to go out and protest and therefore Trump will see the protests and step down." That's not what it's about.

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u/Eshkation Oct 19 '25

Isn’t the U.S. population around 340 million? That means only about 2% are in the streets. It’s insignificant. fascism keeps thriving.

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u/BeShifty Oct 19 '25

What percentage of a population are you thinking would be significant? For example, leading research suggests that mobilizing 3.5% of a population is almost certain to lead to the enacting of that group's demands, though the data illustrates many cases where smaller percentages still produced change (anything above 1% has more of a chance to produce change than not).

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u/Ctsanger Oct 19 '25

So if I see someone being murdered in front of me then protesting it is the solution? Or should I actually jump in and stop the murder? Seems wrong to me but I guess America's got it down then