‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departments

Re:‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departm... by Apocryphon on Monday June 22, 2020 @12:40PM (#23602268)

For one thing, LEOs receive governmental and societal sanction, are armed with lethal force, and receive legal immunity, and so clearly should be held to a higher standard.

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Re:‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departm... by banads on Monday June 22, 2020 @12:45PM (#23602363)

Agreed! That still doesn't mean Collective Punishment is ethical

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_punishment

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Re:‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departm... by guerrilla on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:17PM (#23602820)

Stopping all of agroup from doing something terrible is a far cry frol collective punishment. In fact there's no need to punish at all here, simple eliminate the problem.

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Re:‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departm... by banads on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @11:59AM (#23629508)

That's not what were talking about here. Were talking about indiscriminate hacking/doxing of police, and the people who are cheering that on. How is that going to effectively address the root causes of police militarization?

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Re:‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departm... by enraged_camel on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:11PM (#23602738)

Defunding police departments (many of which everyone is realizing are grossly overfunded) and taking away qualified immunity (which is a protection entirely made up by the judicial branch, which the police have close relationships with) are not “collective punishment”.

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Re:‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departm... by banads on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @12:17PM (#23629813)

Never said it was. Note the context of this conversation, and the article it is in reference to

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