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Cops Are Using Flock to Spy on People for the Crime of Standing Around (theintercept.com)

submitted 1 day ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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Police scanned Flock cameras in a single town in Illinois more than 1,200 times to investigate cases of loitering.

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[–] Carmakazi@piefed.social 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think the flipside to all this is that over time it will legitimately damage the police's ability to do actual investigative work if all they learn and put into practice is "consult Flock" for every trivial thing. If Flock is damaged or circumvented or comes up empty, what then?

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They'll frame somebody like they always have, you think cops ever gave a fuck about investigating things?

[–] Carmakazi@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago

When the victim is themselves or their preferred clientele, sure. You think they sit on their ass if a cop gets shot during a traffic stop?

[–] vorpuni@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 3 points 1 day ago

The murder resolution rate in the USA is already very low. Police also don't have any obligations to protect or serve. They don't care.