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[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 177 points 1 week ago

The city I work in installed Flock cameras. City Council was clear they were only to be used to flag license plates for active felony warrants, silver alerts, and Amber alerts.

In less than 48 hours they were using them to give out tickets and track people who had turned in Open Records requests regarding the police department.

[-] birdwing 60 points 1 week ago

They are a tool for terrorism. ACAB

[-] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 31 points 1 week ago

I’ve heard of Amber alerts for lost kids but are silver alerts for lost older folk?

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago

Yup. In California we even segregate the alerts based on race for some fucking reason. Black people don’t get the same normal alert that every other ethnicity gets, they get an EbOnY aLeRt.

[-] Corridor8031@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago

what i duckducked and its true lmao

[-] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

this is the first time I've seen someone use that term

I like it. keep it up

[-] MoonMoon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Hmm, needs a bit of workshopping IMO. How about "I duckduckwent" instead?

[-] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I've duckduckgone

[-] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Just duck it...

[-] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago

Wtf? I know there were several that you don't see very often, but for race? wtf!

[-] bigfondue@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Yea, but they are usually more about someone with dementia finding the car keys and driving off than kidnappings.

[-] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 2 points 1 week ago

That happened to my grandfather more than once. He was in the neighborhood but would lose his bearings, not realizing that we was three blocks from home. A bit nuts.

[-] AlecSadler 28 points 1 week ago

Guess it's our job to go around destroying them then

[-] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 1 points 1 week ago

track people who had turned in Open Records requests regarding the police department.

I am not surprised at all. Fucking fascist bastards.

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