Police in Canada Are Tracking People’s ‘Negative’ Behavior in a ‘Risk’ Database

Re:Police in Canada Are Tracking People’s ‘Negative’ Behavio... by jammygit on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @04:19AM (#20037845)

As a Canadian, I think the police are pretty neutral. They aren’t your friends or enemies. I once received death threats that they did not help me with until after I got attacked at work. They neither prey upon you nor help you.

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Re:Police in Canada Are Tracking People’s ‘Negative’ Behavio... by bregma on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @09:16AM (#20039751)

This. We decided collectively it's a good idea to have police. If you find yourself in a situation involving police, things have already gone wrong and it's generally not their fault.

There are unfortunately situations in which "already gone wrong" may include your genetics at conception. As a society we acknowledge that is not a valid criteria for police intervention, but we're still working on some of the implementation details.

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Re:Police in Canada Are Tracking People’s ‘Negative’ Behavio... by TelmoMenezes on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @09:26AM (#20039848)

> We decided collectively

Who is "we"? I know it doesn't include me, because I was never consulted on the matter.

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