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A lot of poor, majority black and brown, neighborhoods have community organized "cop watches". They usually play a role similar to what the Black Panthers did.
by culi 4y ago
A lot of poor, majority black and brown, neighborhoods have community organized "cop watches". They usually play a role similar to what the Black Panthers did. Just show up when a cop pulls someone over and sit there and watch (and nowadays, record) just to let them know the public's eye is on them
It'd be amazing to see surveillance capitalism turned against itself like this
- Teever 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousveillance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousveillance
- myself248 4y agoI keep wondering when citizen ALPR will start augmenting some of these roles. I don't know if it's universal, but here government-owned vehicles always have an X in the license plate, so you wouldn't even need a database, just alert on any X-plate entering the neighborhood. Could detect strobing lights with the same cameras, and summon the Watchers automatically.