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Can they sell the name to a brand for advertisement?
“The stadium sniper is presented to you by Bud Light!”
Nah, those snipers are paid by taxpayers.
So that doesn’t mean a private company can profit from it?
OP, let’s not be funny, we know exactly how you feel about it
You’re a mentally well adjusted human
Unlike the people who thought this is normal behaviour
It makes me slightly uneasy and sad that this is done for big events, but I also understand why.
I think the knowledge just saps some of the frivolity from what is otherwise a fun, low-stakes outing.
I am guessing this is only specific to the USA.
You would be very wrong
I saw so many snipers when I visited the UK… but that was like the year after 9/11 so it might have just been the style at the time.
You guessed wrong. There are lots of behind the scenes security measures we don’t see.
I kinda hate to be this guy, but:
Know this does not exist in any other country
It is unnecessary in any other country
America has entirely constructed its own hell by simply not applying the same appropriate gun control you see in every other developed nation in the world
Edit: and I know you probably agree with me, but goddamn you’ve just collectively proven as a nation that over half your countrymen will bazooka their feet and the feet of everyone unfortunate enough to be near them, before even contemplating the idea of supporting someone who promises to make their lives better!
This is blatantly false. I don’t like it, but it most certainly happens at other countries and not just a US phenomenon. I’ll paste some proof: https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/sports/brazil-police-sniper-nearly-shot-officer-during-world-cup-opening-1.1889183? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9692301/Greenpeace-apologise-Euro-2020-stunt-horror-left-two-injured.html https://sports.ndtv.com/euro-2020/snipers-were-ready-to-shoot-parachutist-at-euro-2020-match-minister-2465542/amp/1 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/feb/01/france-biggest-security-operation-six-nations-stade-italy
Also, this isn’t even how they do it. It was an ad for the tripod basically, and it wasn’t loaded. They use binoculars and not the rifle for scanning. https://deadspin.com/those-super-bowl-sniper-photos-are-real-5883525/
Hate to be that guy but also hate misinformation so had to chime in.
That is more along the lines of high government official protection at special events they attend in other countries though, not a standard practice at normal sports games.
You said that hate misinformation, but in the first link it was a guy approaching the president, not a random game, also I always laugh when someone compare USA to Brasil and get mad when I answer that USA is a third world country
If you think that’s misinformation idk what to tell you.
100%
It’s a response to an entirely self-inflicted problem.
That’s not true,
As example, 2 years ago I was in Strasbourg for the winter markets and saw 2 things:
- Roving squads of military and police armed with submachine guns and even battle rifles. (Some in blue police uniforms, some in camo)
- I tried to get a photo from above everything and explored some stairwells. (I like urban exploration) I opened an upper floor office door and was startled by a room full of cops with binoculars and rifles leaning on the wall / resting on a table. They were not very happy with me and it took me about an hour of being a dumb tourist to disengage.
I saw similar on foot squads in Germany too.
An hour?? That’s crazy-- seems like their fault the room wasn’t secure, but they had to harass you for that long before letting you go?
Checked my passport, called my hotel, checked my flights. agree, honest mistake it should have taken a few minutes. Also I doubt it was a full hour but man it felt like a lifetime.
Edit I don’t think I was actually detained but they spooked me into agreeing to hang around while they verified things
Every single big event all over the world has the potential to be a target for a terrorist attack.
Every time you leave your house you have a chance to be hit by a car. It’s many orders of magnitude more likely than to get killed by a terrorist attack. Yet everyone still drives cars.
The fear of terrorism has been used to curtail so many liberties. Always as a temporary measure. Draconian pre-flight security screenings? (seriously, not being allowed to bring water?): “temporary”. Expansion of the surveillance state and policing: “temporary”.
It’s time to start asking wether this is all worth it. The fetishization of “security above all” in modern political rhetoric is a bad thing, in my opinion.
In your buzzword filled rant to sound smart and further your own agenda you have succeeded in being completely up your own ass.
Which you claim is…?
I stated my position quite clearly. Do you suggest some deeper agenda is at work here?
Explain your position.
Is this real?
It seems so. Here’s an article with some more information and a higher resolution image (though the image still looks like CGI to me).
Every major gathering has stuff like this behind the scenes. Not just in America.
It’d probably usually only be for high profile diplomatic/political events, or when a threat is specifically called in, outside of America, not just your average sports team needs a sniper on thier payroll 😅
Well the police would generally do it. That’s how it generally is in the US too
Do they have another to cover the other half of the stadium? Seems ineffective if the threat is directly underneath or behind that position.
It says eagles nests, plural. So yes, they have more than one.
Have you considered multiple positions like this with overlapping fields of view?
So like the first sentence
Too bad it doesn’t help them play any better.
There’s a reason we don’t see mass shootings in stadiums.
Somehow these crazy people are sane enough to consider what is an easy target.
I don’t think this has anything to do with it, because there are plenty of stadiums that don’t have built in snipers nests.
In my city they sit on top of the administration building. They’re only there for the largest events.
It’s a landing of a stairwell in that picture.
Isn’t it all the metal detectors at the door?
That’s definitely a big part of it, I just meant more generally they go for areas with large populations but little security
This rock prevents sharks
That’s what the funny red light on my forehead was for!
I was at a Virginia Tech football game this season. They let everyone in, all while the metal detectors are flashing non-stop. A school that had a mass shooting not all that long ago where over 30 people died doesn’t give a shit what you bring into that stadium. But hey, they’ve got snipers above the press box.
I really hope that guy isn’t allowed to bet on games.
Soo, does this have 360 degrees view or will only the guest team’s fans be shot?
The seats without coverage are somewhat cheaper, for those who don’t want to pay for the premium security package.
Just pump a noobtube up there. Problem solved.
Something about a sniper in Dallas sounds familiar…
Just one though?
He is perched at the top of a grassy bowl.
With how the season is going, the snipper may be there to stop someone shooting Dak
Or call him the 12th man and have him help against the pass rush
Oh, so that’s why Mike McCarthy looks so stressed here lately.
I wonder what protocol is like for those guys. Sit in the box as soon as the audience starts filing in? Watch for unruly audience members with binoculars at first? When do you switch to the scope? When do you pull the trigger? Are the bullets a special type?
Police don’t really have roe so whatever they want really.
Static high ready isn’t illegal for whatever dumb reason though in the military you can’t point your him at anyone until your shot at our meet the roe for the area.
Right, like is there even a bullet in the chamber initially? Yes, but safety on? I’m very curious too.
Unlikely that thered be a round in the chamber, but it doesn’t take long to make that happen. But that being said, a bolt action is quicker than you think when operated by an expert.
