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My anecdotal evidence points to police (and management and probably almost anyone who makes decisions based on limited sets of data) assuming that the narrative
by BLKNSLVR 3y ago
My anecdotal evidence points to police (and management and probably almost anyone who makes decisions based on limited sets of data) assuming that the narrative indicated by the data is unassailable, and very little thought is put into the possibility of the existence of counter-indicative evidence.
- paulddraper 3y agoWhat's your anecdote? And where? UK police, US police, or every country's police.....?
- BLKNSLVR 3y agoPolice raided my house. Australia. They didn't know I had kids in the house. They knew nothing about me except for the data that was rubber stamped as "enough" to justify eight police officers coming onto my house, taking $10k worth of computer equipment, and keeping it for eight months whilst they analysed it all and found nothing. One side is the trauma to me and my family. The other side is the time, effort, and taxes that went into this rather than on anyone more likely than someone in my household. All because that rely on potentially incriminating data only, without consideration for contra-indicative data (in my opinion). My opinion of law enforcement competence dropped to near zero. And it's not necessarily the individuals, it's the system around them, the decisions about process etc. which is where stories like this article feel like the same root cause.