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Dogs are just a proxy for the racist, hateful attitudes of the police. After all, their accuracy is no better than a coin toss [1]. It's clear they are there so
by joesmo 11y ago
Dogs are just a proxy for the racist, hateful attitudes of the police. After all, their accuracy is no better than a coin toss [1]. It's clear they are there so the police can claim they're not racist/hateful/etc. while still being so. Any other claim is instantly disproved by both science and common sense.
1. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/8/7/1409751/-Court-rules-that-drug-dog-with-about-50-percent-accuracy-is-just-fine https://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/8/7/1409751/-Court-rules...
- jessaustin 11y agoHaha, classic: Also in that study, turns out the dogs are super duper racist against latinos because their rate of correct detection dropped to 27 percent when sniffing a latino driver's car.
- joesmo 11y agoHardly surprising. If the handler/owner is racist, the dog reacts accordingly. The dog just responds to his human master. Also, the dog could be "racist" without his handler/owner being so because he's a dog and he doesn't need a logical reason.
- ubersync 11y agoLike how Brian in Family Guy just barks at black folks.