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Eh, I feel like that's being too picky. First, California's "ban" is only a three-year moratorium on FRT in police body cameras, whereas King County's is on "th
by jjulius 5y ago
Eh, I feel like that's being too picky. First, California's "ban" is only a three-year moratorium on FRT in police body cameras, whereas King County's is on "the use of [FRT] software by county government agencies and administrative offices."
Second, and where things get a bit more "technical" is that SF is both a city and a county, yes, but it's only one city in that county. There are 881,549 people in SF county compared to 2,252,782 people in King County[0]. According to each county's Wikipedia page, SF county is 231.91 square miles to King County's 2,307. King County has 39 cities and towns[1] to SF county's 1.
So while yes, you're technically correct, I still think that the headline is accurate as-is. Most of the country's counties are similar to King County (eg, not a city-county), and it's important to distinguish the fact that this ban covers a tremendously wide area and numerous municipalities.
[0] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/kingcountywashington,newyorkcountymanhattanboroughnewyork,losangelescountycalifornia,sanfranciscocountycalifornia,denvercountycolorado/RHI225219 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/kingcountywashi...
[1] https://kingcounty.gov/depts/health/codes/cities.aspx https://kingcounty.gov/depts/health/codes/cities.aspx