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In 2013, SDPD paid $35,000 to settle a lawsuit involving a 2011 incident where officers improperly collected DNA without cause from five family members of a par
by finid 10y ago
In 2013, SDPD paid $35,000 to settle a lawsuit involving a 2011 incident where officers improperly collected DNA without cause from five family members of a parolee.
But what happens to the collected DNA? Deleted from the database?
And this DNA collection campaign is not just happening in San Diego, CA, but in other areas of the country. Florida, I've heard, is very active in this area.
By the way, this is similar to how cops gave young, black men criminal records in the years after civil rights victories.
Edited: DNS to DNA.
- sammydavis 10y agoIt's DNA, not DNS. Yes, this is terrible. I'm sure the police would be happy to get the DNA of everyone.
- chris11 10y ago> By the way, this is similar to how cops gave young, black men criminal records in the years after civil rights victories. Can you expand on that? What were cops doing right after civil rights victories.
- finid 10y agoGoing around black neighborhoods arresting young, black men on spurious charges just to give them criminal records. But I think the effects of this will be much worse, because a rouge cop with someones DNA is really bad news. How do you prove it was not your DNA at the crime scene?
- funnyfacts365 10y agoMinor nitpick: rouge is a color. I guess you meant rogue.
- finid 10y agoYep, I have some French me. That and not double-checking what I wrote before posting.
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- marchenko 10y agoThe collected DNA is almost never destroyed, and may be shared with any number of state, local, or federal agencies as part of an opaque network of databases.