Re:Slack Removed a Blog Post Showing How Police Use Its Tech
by athenot on Friday June 05, 2020 @02:05PM
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> if you needed protection due to crime coming your way/your family's way... you wouldn't call 911?
There is a set of the population for which this is a reality. In time of need, their call for assistance gets met with presumption of guilt, leaving them worse off than if they had not called for help.
> Even if there were 1,000 police brutality related deaths a year (there aren't), police would still be a huge net win for society, no?
Yes, unless you belong to the group from which those 1,000 come from.
There is a set of the population for which this is a reality. In time of need, their call for assistance gets met with presumption of guilt, leaving them worse off than if they had not called for help.
> Even if there were 1,000 police brutality related deaths a year (there aren't), police would still be a huge net win for society, no?
Yes, unless you belong to the group from which those 1,000 come from.