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Ask any #blacklivesmatter supporter just how effective police "normal safeguards" end up being... :-/
by bigiain 9y ago
Ask any #blacklivesmatter supporter just how effective police "normal safeguards" end up being... :-/
- staticautomatic 9y agoBetter yet, ask the data.
- bigiain 9y agoAs well. "Indigenous Australians account for 15 times as many offensive language offences as would be expected for their population." http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AltLawJl/2004/53.html http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AltLawJl/2004/53.html :sigh:
- Silhouette 9y agoThe data reported in the article shows 0 incidents of wrongful arrest due to false positives. It also implies several hundred cases where the correct people were properly identified by the technology. There is plenty of room for debate about this technology, but so far, just saying "ask the data" doesn't seem to make the point you might have intended.
- Silhouette 9y agoClearly policing in the US has some problems, and I'm not sure technology can fix them. However, this story isn't about the US.
- godelski 9y ago> Clearly policing in the [country] has some problems, and I'm not sure technology can fix them. FTFY