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Isn't this illegal? How is the student data making its way into the sheriff department's hands? This reminds me of the 1990 film Pump Up The Volume [0] where

Isn't this illegal? How is the student data making its way into the sheriff department's hands? This reminds me of the 1990 film Pump Up The Volume [0] where the school's dean was creating dossiers on singled out students, which was eventually portrayed as a criminal act in the end. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_Up_the_Volume_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_Up_the_Volume_(film) [0.0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100436/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100436/

sneak 5y ago
Most of the ways that police enforce their views on the population in the USA are technically illegal. Only a small percentage of it has to do with actually enforcing the law. The majority of it is curbing behaviors that threaten the status quo.
- kortilla 5y ago
  > Most of the ways that police enforce their views on the population in the USA are technically illegal. Whose views and what does it mean to “enforce views”? Are you talking about enforcing laws passed by the government or something else?
  - sneak 5y ago
    Most of the things that police in the US spend their time on has almost nothing to do with violations of the law. That's the cover story, and it no longer holds up. Police show up to close out trouble tickets, not to enforce laws. I have written about this specifically: https://sneak.berlin/20200628/the-problem-with-police-in-america/ https://sneak.berlin/20200628/the-problem-with-police-in-ame...
    - kortilla 5y ago
      Your article doesn’t seem to have any stats. Can you back up the assertion that they are not spending their enforcing laws? You have a lot of handwaving about the history of police departments and pushback against like bodycams but nothing concrete. The police in my area spend most of their time enforcing traffic laws, responding to domestic disturbances, etc. Murders are taken very seriously, regardless of who was murdered. Based on my actual experience living with police in a boring suburbia, your article comes across as completely out of touch with reality due to no actual experience. Have you considered that the reason there isn’t an explicit law that police have to respond to a given call is because there is immense political and therefore organizational pressure for them to do so? The county sheriff or the mayor would get voted out if that was a pattern in our local government and then police leaders would get fired.
      - LgWoodenBadger 5y ago
        Do you have stats to back up your statements regarding your area?
      - craftinator 5y ago
        Your anecdote is not data. Please present data to back up your argument.
        kortilla 5y ago
        I’m replying to a German pontificating on how US police work because of a history article he/she read and some national news. My anecdote is indeed an anecdote but it’s proof that his/her generalization is bullshit.
  - op00to 5y ago
    “Black people are criminals” “Undocumented immigrants are dangerous” “Rich white men can’t commit crimes”
    - kortilla 5y ago
      And you think those are actual views of black police officers? Or do you think maybe something more systemic is going on?
- pengaru 5y ago
  > Most of the ways that police enforce their views on the population in the USA are technically illegal. I'm not even referring to the police though, the school's administration is violating the student's rights AIUI.
- fouric 5y ago
  > Most of the ways > a small percentage What's your source for this? I'm very interested to see it, because this is an issue that I've been following for a few years and I haven't yet seen any data that supports this claim.
anigbrowl 5y ago
Forget it Pengaru, it's Floridatown.

sneak 5y ago

Most of the ways that police enforce their views on the population in the USA are technically illegal. Only a small percentage of it has to do with actually enforcing the law. The majority of it is curbing behaviors that threaten the status quo.

kortilla 5y ago
> Most of the ways that police enforce their views on the population in the USA are technically illegal. Whose views and what does it mean to “enforce views”? Are you talking about enforcing laws passed by the government or something else?
- sneak 5y ago
  Most of the things that police in the US spend their time on has almost nothing to do with violations of the law. That's the cover story, and it no longer holds up. Police show up to close out trouble tickets, not to enforce laws. I have written about this specifically: https://sneak.berlin/20200628/the-problem-with-police-in-america/ https://sneak.berlin/20200628/the-problem-with-police-in-ame...
  - kortilla 5y ago
    Your article doesn’t seem to have any stats. Can you back up the assertion that they are not spending their enforcing laws? You have a lot of handwaving about the history of police departments and pushback against like bodycams but nothing concrete. The police in my area spend most of their time enforcing traffic laws, responding to domestic disturbances, etc. Murders are taken very seriously, regardless of who was murdered. Based on my actual experience living with police in a boring suburbia, your article comes across as completely out of touch with reality due to no actual experience. Have you considered that the reason there isn’t an explicit law that police have to respond to a given call is because there is immense political and therefore organizational pressure for them to do so? The county sheriff or the mayor would get voted out if that was a pattern in our local government and then police leaders would get fired.
    - LgWoodenBadger 5y ago
      Do you have stats to back up your statements regarding your area?
    - craftinator 5y ago
      Your anecdote is not data. Please present data to back up your argument.
      - kortilla 5y ago
        I’m replying to a German pontificating on how US police work because of a history article he/she read and some national news. My anecdote is indeed an anecdote but it’s proof that his/her generalization is bullshit.
- op00to 5y ago
  “Black people are criminals” “Undocumented immigrants are dangerous” “Rich white men can’t commit crimes”
  - kortilla 5y ago
    And you think those are actual views of black police officers? Or do you think maybe something more systemic is going on?
pengaru 5y ago
> Most of the ways that police enforce their views on the population in the USA are technically illegal. I'm not even referring to the police though, the school's administration is violating the student's rights AIUI.
fouric 5y ago
> Most of the ways > a small percentage What's your source for this? I'm very interested to see it, because this is an issue that I've been following for a few years and I haven't yet seen any data that supports this claim.

anigbrowl 5y ago

Forget it Pengaru, it's Floridatown.