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For a start police in the UK have been videoing crowds with Handy Cams and mounted specialist mobile CCTV for decades for manual review. They have proved invalu
by easytiger 6y ago
For a start police in the UK have been videoing crowds with Handy Cams and mounted specialist mobile CCTV for decades for manual review. They have proved invaluable in NI for example in securing convictions of violent persons.
No one is saying there isn't a right to protest. The police have a duty to enforce the law and when protests turn violent they have the support of the majority to enforce that.
This method means minimal engagement with the crowd.
- smashah 6y agoMinimal engagement with the crowd? Are you serious? I'm just gonna end this here. You obviously have no idea what you're talking about. Byee
- easytiger 6y agoThere was widespread violence and damage of public space. That you were outplayed by the police in exercising your little tantrum, it has no bearing on a discussion about police using video technology effectively to make policing safer and making finding culprits more reliable.
- smashah 6y agoThe same logic, excuse and thinking was used to mince Khashoggi. Just stop. You're embarrassing.
- easytiger 6y ago> The same logic, excuse and thinking was used to mince Khashoggi. Just stop. You're embarrassing. You are a cartoon
- dang 6y agoIt's not ok to break the site guidelines even if another account was behaving badly. That only makes this place even worse and contributes to its self-destruction. I know it's not always easy, but if you'd please not do that, we'd appreciate it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html