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Re:Santa Cruz, California bans predictive policing in U.S. f... by alphakappa on Friday June 26, 2020 @10:30PM (#23659058)
> the officer involved (who actually knew George Floyd prior to killing him) is being brought up on charges, which is the exact opposite of what happens in a system that has systemic racism.

How do you infer this? It could also be the result of the mass country-wide protests which are absolutely not the norm. It's not like the system automatically corrected for this issue.

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Re:Santa Cruz, California bans predictive policing in U.S. f... by totony on Saturday June 27, 2020 @04:46AM (#23660419)
>It could also be the result of the mass country-wide protests which are absolutely not the norm.

I think the parent is wrong on this point. The charges seem to be influenced by the mass protests. But I don't think that takes away from his point.

Also the way police treats police brutality and their immunity is very troublesome in the US. I don't think that's because of racism, more so because of a poor accountability system.

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