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Re:Santa Cruz, California bans predictive policing in U.S. f... by eanzenberg on Friday June 26, 2020 @01:33PM (#23654586)
Yes agreed, enforcement has to be standardized as well. Justice should be blind, except to the law. The pendulum swinging though has me worried, where dangerous crimes are currently unenforced.
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Re:Santa Cruz, California bans predictive policing in U.S. f... by zo1 on Friday June 26, 2020 @02:11PM (#23655101)
The knee-jerk reaction against policing will cause more harm than good, all in the name of some nebulous "long term" outcome that is borderline undefinable.

Some knee-jerk reactions that we're seeing or considering"

1. Banning facial recognition.

2. Banning predictive policing (this article).

3. Defunding police departments

4. California's ACA5 amendment that seeks to remove anti-discrimination laws, allowing racial and gender discrimination.

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Re:Santa Cruz, California bans predictive policing in U.S. f... by scollet on Friday June 26, 2020 @09:06PM (#23658685)
Hm, I don't see enacting your first three points as being inherently negative. If it's broken, why not try to fix it?
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