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Are those groups opposed to any tool or technology that could be used for government overreach or oppression? Is that really the only thing we can do?
by senordevnyc 1y ago
Are those groups opposed to any tool or technology that could be used for government overreach or oppression? Is that really the only thing we can do?
- locopati 1y agoi can't speak for groups, only myself. if we had ever seen police restraint via civilian oversight boards or had ever seen a pattern of behavior that would let us trust police, that would be one thing. but we haven't and they resist oversight. combine that with a federal government that increasingly says police can do whatever they want and the 1st, 4th, 6th, and 8th amendments don't apply equally anymore. so, no, i don't think police should have access to incredible levels of surveillance or military-grade hardware.