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Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @06:59PM (#44242449)
The police and military are giving numbers, so you can easily publish those. I don't think the protesters are counting themselves, or maybe you could use AI and drones to do a survey of how many protests are out?
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Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests by johnnyanmac on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @08:12PM (#44242922)
reports say around 600, so we clearly have ways to estimate crowds. This pre-dates internet.
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Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @12:45AM (#44244277)
You need to do the work to do the estimate vs just getting a number handed to you via a press release.
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