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How can law enforcement use this technology to create crimes out of thin air?
by fastball 4y ago
How can law enforcement use this technology to create crimes out of thin air?
- lazide 4y agoTo create pretexts to search out of thin air. Bad part of oakland? Plenty of random gun shots happening, but no idea where exactly they are coming from - really it’s random spots. But ShotSpotter can give you a high precision (really random) fix on someones house! Wait until it’s someone you want to search, and voila you can.
- fastball 4y agoBut if that person was already committing crimes in their house you're not creating crimes out of thin air, just pretext.
- lazide 4y agoNobody said they were actually doing crimes at the home, just that the cops thought they were. Which hey, maybe they are, maybe they aren’t. But using unrelated crimes and fake data to raid their house under a false pretext is still not ok, and is still unconstitutional. If the cops think they’re committing a crime, they should actually find enough probably cause to get actual paperwork, not just create junk to justify going after the ‘usual suspects’.
- hiptobecubic 4y agoThe police cannot just randomly search you and then say "Hey look! We found something so it's fine."
- fastball 4y agoI agree that real probable cause should be required, but if they do find something they're still not creating crimes out of thin air.
- solardev 4y agoThey ask the company to alter the evidence so they can create false pretext for probable cause. See the other comments in this thread.