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Re:Santa Cruz, California bans predictive policing in U.S. f... by mistersquid on Friday June 26, 2020 @02:03PM (#23655015)
The report you linked to is astonishing, not just for the violence committed against someone who, at the time he was questioned, was not in violation of the law, but also for the degree of force used considering the crime being investigated.

To wit:

> wrongly detained him after identifying him as a suspect in a panhandling case.

Slammed to the ground for being suspected of panhandling? (To my mind, panhandling is akin to free speech.)

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Re:Santa Cruz, California bans predictive policing in U.S. f... by ruddct on Friday June 26, 2020 @02:49PM (#23655511)
Wait until you hear about Elijiah McClain, who was tackled then choked/injected with ketamine until he went into cardiac arrest and was eventually pronounced brain-dead. He had 911 called on him for walking while 'looking sketchy'.

https://www.nytimes.com/article/who-was-elijah-mcclain.html

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Re:Santa Cruz, California bans predictive policing in U.S. f... by 1024core on Friday June 26, 2020 @08:29PM (#23658498)
The Elijah McClain case makes me very sad; not only for everything listed in the article, but also because he was a skinny, nerdy kid like most of my friends (and many of this site's readers, I imagine).

Just a regular guy going about his business, and he is murdered (and I don't use that term lightly) by the very people sworn to "protect and serve" him.

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