Re:FBI examined Google records to see if anyone had knowledg...
by slg on Friday September 04, 2020 @11:37PM
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You are reading way too much into my comment. I was directly speaking to the example given and not making some universal endorsement of empowering cops.
There was nothing in that example that was specifically linked to data collection. You could have had the exact same situation except they are rounding up Black people as suspects. The problem there is bad cops not dangerous tools. The tool is irrelevant in the example.
Give a bad cop a gun and they'll shoot someone.
Give a bad cop a swat van and they'll raid a teenager's home, kill their dog and brother.
I'm tired of this binary perspective. It is common but in bad faith. The tools matter. Different tools enable different levels of abuse. Yes, cops shouldn't abuse citizens and we should do our best to stop that. But do you expect to find a perfect solution? If not, then we should also ensure that when a bad cop slips through, they are limited in the damage they can do.