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Armstrong & Getty One More Thing

More Vigilantism?

Armstrong & Getty One More Thing

Armstrong & Getty

News

4.8816 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

First, NYC is offering free Apple Airtags in an effort to reduce car thefts, cut could more vigilantism follow?  

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0:00.0

It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself, how did we get here?

0:04.7

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0:08.5

In our first season, Bush v. Gore, we examine an unmistakable turning point in American politics,

0:14.0

the 2000 election, which resulted in a high-stakes stalemate, ended with one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history.

0:21.4

So if you're trying to make sense at the present moment, check out Fiasco, Bush v. Gore.

0:25.9

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0:31.0

Will this lead to more vigilanteism? I certainly hope so. It's one more thing.

0:36.9

Armstrong and Getty. one more thing. Armstrong and Getty.

0:38.3

One more thing.

0:44.3

Perhaps you heard about this.

0:46.8

New York City is handing out 500 Apple Air Tag trackers to people for free and for nothing to put on their cars.

0:56.8

They've had so many car thefts.

0:59.2

As of last week, they'd had 4,500 car thefts in New York City skyrocketing.

1:05.4

And so the solution, Mayor Adams, joined by police officials at a press conference, announced that with some donations from private folks and all they're going to give out 500 Apple Air Tag trackers

1:18.9

so people can stick them on their car somewhere hidden.

1:22.2

And when their car gets stolen, theoretically call the cops and say, yeah, my car's at 143rd and oak can you go get it

1:32.6

please and theoretically the cops are going to go I got to believe that the era of rampant

1:39.5

car thefts is going to be coming to a close soon between the air tags and so i got this thing for my kids

1:45.7

quad that is a step beyond so the air tags i don't know if you know how they work them but they

1:49.9

ping off of other people's apple products the apple air tags so you have to have apple products around

1:56.7

because iPhones are so ubiquitous it's most of the time not a problem.

2:01.4

There's plenty iPhones around.

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