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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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