[Have you ever heard of this before?!] DIGITAL DISGUISE: MYSTERIOUS LED TRUCK INCIDENT ON CAL POLY HUMBOLDT CAMPUS YESTE

[LauraInLA]

Yesterday, around 9:45 a.m., a bizarre incident occurred at Cal Poly Humboldt. The incident, which occurred on a campus already tense due to ongoing protests, involved a mobile LED billboard truck showcasing images of three white hooded figures, reminiscent of Ku Klux Klan members. This display lasted for approximately 30 seconds before the screen turned off and its driver took the truck from the scene, according to an anonymous witness.
The photo as it was taken by a witness.
The photo showing the mobile digital truck as it was taken by a witness.
The witness described the incident, saying that the digital display also included a masked figure with a turban [the figure on the right on the digital billboard shown in the top photo.] “I witnessed this vehicle with a digital screen and, on the screen, it displayed members of the KKK and as we were standing there watching this vehicle, the screen turned off on the truck and it turned completely black and drove away,” the witness recounted.

The quick disappearance of the imagery and the truck’s ability to revert to a nondescript matte black finish made the vehicle almost unnoticeable as an advertising truck once the display was turned off. Several tipsters told us that the vehicle sometimes would show only a simple logo like a company truck might on its screens so it could pass as a different vehicle.

Law enforcement responded and the driver, who we were told was a Russian national, was arrested. At 10:20 a.m., the Humboldt County Correctional facility booking log shows a Sergey Vladimirovich Polishchuk was booked on a single charge, PC602(m), trespassing, which many of the protesters arrested Tuesday morning were also charged with, as the campus was closed due to the protests.


The article talks about a similar event at UVA.

https://kymkemp.com/2024/05/02/digital-disguise-mysterious-led-truck-incident-on-cal-poly-humboldt-campus-yesterday/

[Think. Again.]

1. Just another provocateur.

[Nevilledog]

2. I'd like to know more about his Russian ties.

[Think. Again.]

3. Yes, according to the article, he's a russian national.

And I'm curious about the other similar incident across the country at the University of Virginia the article mentions. Same guy? Same truck? Or just the same method but different agent?

[LauraInLA]

4. Note the truck that appears like a standard black truck but then shifts to

display images — urban camouflage?