I accidentally started a movement – Policing the Police by scraping court data

Re:I accidentally started a movement – Policing the Police b... by lazyasciiart on Monday September 19, 2022 @06:21PM (#32904920)

The goal of projects like this (I have no contact with this one) is usually to convince politicians and/or the public of their results, and those groups are the ones to actually push change.

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Re:I accidentally started a movement – Policing the Police b... by josh-pdap on Monday September 19, 2022 @10:23PM (#32906922)

In our case it’s about working with local activists and journalists. Police are decentralized; each department acts independently, for the most part. Most people using the data seem to be using it locally; when policies are changed, they are changed locally. If the changes make a positive impact, sometimes other departments or governing bodies take notice.

I’d like to aim higher than a quotable statistic for a politician, in any case :)

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