YouTube takes down independent court livestreams

Re:YouTube takes down independent court livestreams by wrekone on Monday November 15, 2021 @10:09PM (#29236278)

> that’s generally why skateboards are brought to riots.

A skateboard can certainly be a weapon but I believe this is conjecture.

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Re:YouTube takes down independent court livestreams by teakettle42 on Monday November 15, 2021 @10:37PM (#29236485)

This is well-documented, though I don’t know for certain when it became the norm.

If you go back to the 1999 Seattle WTO protests, you mostly see people using short, concealable weapons, such as wooden clubs.

At some point, the gear of choice evolved towards the plausibly deniable, including skateboards, umbrellas, etc.

2020 example:

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