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Re:It’s not easy to control police use of tech, even with a law by kiba on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @08:10AM (#28681836)
We don't hold people accountable? Do you really think the police are any better many decades earlier?

For sure, the criminal justice system had gotten worse, with over-incarceration and criminalization, but I doubt that the police are your friends in the 1950s since much of the structure of police organizations hadn't changed that much.

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Re:It’s not easy to control police use of tech, even with a law by Clubber on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @10:00AM (#28682870)
I didn't live in the 1950s but some things that certainly caused where we are today are qualified immunity and powerful unions that are excluded in GOP union busting efforts. States can opt to end qualified immunity for police in their jurisdiction, so it's up to citizens to put pressure on state governments to do so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_immunity

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