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I think we're also just experiencing the difference between the actual capabilities of police and the propaganda of post-9/11 police procedurals. It's easy to
by giraffe_lady 2y ago
I think we're also just experiencing the difference between the actual capabilities of police and the propaganda of post-9/11 police procedurals.
It's easy to forget that in previous generations american police were widely viewed and portrayed as incompetent and corrupt. Neither is completely true of course. Modern police are extremely well equipped and have an almost unfathomable surveillance apparatus at their disposal. But they are also incompetent and corrupt so it's kind of a wash.
- autoexec 2y agoWhile we all live under constant surveillance and are treated as a suspect for crimes past and future by our government, in the end it's looking like it wasn't the spy drones, or facial recognition AI, or the internet data collection that caught this guy, and instead it was just some random dude at a McDonald's who recognized him and called the police. Same basic tactic that's worked for ages. No fancy spy stuff needed.
- hulitu 2y ago> it's looking like it wasn't the spy drones, or facial recognition AI, or the internet data collection that caught this guy, and instead it was just some random dude at a McDonald's who recognized him and called the police. This is the official story.[1] Maybe he just had the cellphone with him all the time. [1] unless he was dressed in the same way when he entered McDonalds.