DC police used sonic cannon to direct crowd flow during Women's March

Re:DC police used sonic cannon to direct crowd flow during W... by emodendroket on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @06:38AM (#16014186)

> If those doing the profiling are interested in being successful, and race and religion prove to be ineffective indicators of threat, then such profiling should stop

I mean maybe if the profiling is being done by robots, but in reality I have my doubts.

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Re:DC police used sonic cannon to direct crowd flow during W... by sooheon on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @07:38PM (#16019375)

I think humans can do this as well, they just need the right incentive structure (i.e. tied to actual results). CYA security theatre is not it.

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Re:DC police used sonic cannon to direct crowd flow during W... by emodendroket on Thursday December 28, 2017 @09:39AM (#16022198)

I think the bias is too deeply ingrained to disappear without strong, sustained institutional pressure to avoid it.

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