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Re:One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in... by DANmode on Saturday September 26, 2026 @01:06PM (#49858466)
> It is like the best student in your classroom tells you 2 + 2 = 5, and you naturally feel compelled to believe him, even there is clear evidence against the claim.

It’s more like normal people don’t know that 97.8% accurate isn’t 100% - despite how good of a score that would be on a test.

Law enforcement is predominantly made up of normal people.

You might see where this is going.

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Re:One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in... by AngryData on Saturday September 26, 2026 @04:13PM (#49860125)
I would say US law enforcement are made up of mostly abnormal people with lower intellegences, higher aggressivness, and a propensity to lie and deceive. They tend to push actual normal people out for not playing ball with their own corruption.

The number one demograph for domestic violence and abuse are cops, they are not just a randomly selected group of people that chanced into law enforcement as a career.

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Re:One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in... by prh8 on Sunday September 27, 2026 @02:22PM (#49869357)
Absolutely, law enforcement in the US is disproportionately not normal people. The system is designed to reject smart people who are not aggressive and have empathy. The system is designed to accept people who will uphold the design of the system.
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Re:One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in... by DANmode on Sunday September 27, 2026 @04:20PM (#49870437)
> The number one demograph for domestic violence and abuse are cops, they are not just a randomly selected group of people that chanced into law enforcement as a career.

Be sure you don’t have the causation backwards - or that it doesn’t flow strongly both ways!

It attracts certain people - and being around that crowd and power pushes some number of people over the line that were near it.

See also: stimulant use, abuse, in the construction industry.

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