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Re:Surveillance tools used by the Minneapolis Police Department by markc on Saturday May 30, 2020 @01:42AM (#23358787)
>They were effectively eliminated by the Voting Rights Act

Except that key provisions of the act were struck down in 2013. Those provisions prevented states with a history of disenfranchisement from changing their voting laws. Since the court ruling several of these states have started back on the path of disenfranchisement.

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Re:Surveillance tools used by the Minneapolis Police Department by kmonsen on Saturday May 30, 2020 @02:49AM (#23359075)
Yeah, the Supreme Court argument was the racism was no longer an issue so no reason to keep watching over those good old boys in the south.
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Re:Surveillance tools used by the Minneapolis Police Department by joe_the_user on Saturday May 30, 2020 @02:30AM (#23359003)
Indeed, I should have mentioned that too.
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