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The local law enforcement will likely not have the time to chase individual small cases either...

by tehlike 8mo ago

repeekad 8mo ago
Careful what you wish for, local cops have already abused cameras and license plate readers to arrest people just for driving by the location and looking similar to doorbell video, over package theft... https://youtu.be/37fp2n6p19Q https://youtu.be/37fp2n6p19Q
- lifestyleguru 8mo ago
  In Poland some moron in surveillance center visually profiled a random guy as one wanted person (by jacket color), then police took the guy to the police station and beat him to death. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Igor_Stachowiak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Igor_Stachowiak
  - theodric 8mo ago
    Wow. What an infuriating case, again and again. Only 2 years in prison for the perps because the court decided that "excited delirium" killed the guy and not being beaten and tased 4 times.
    - antihero 8mo ago
      And some of the protestors that protested this got 4+ years. Clearly police property has more rights than a human being.
    - mrguyorama 8mo ago
      The guys who beat Rodney King faced zero justice, American prison guards pretty regularly do horrific things and face little repercussion, and the guys who executed Pretti were working the next day, until that led to backlash and now they are being systemically protected. In some states in the US, it is not illegal for a cop to have sex with someone they have arrested. Ain't that just dandy. The Polish situation could be an upgrade.
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close04 8mo ago
Even if they do, “crime scene” camera footage is less useful than the victims expect. Cameras discourage thieves of opportunity but not someone who has their mind set on taking your stuff. A simple cap or mask, some sunglasses, a few strips of reflective tape, a WiFi deauther, cheap and accessible stuff like this make the practical usefulness of most home camera systems limited at best to the owner understanding what and how it happened. That’s why police looks to piece together from a larger surveillance network. Maybe you can’t see the face on the home camera but in another camera down the road, or a license plate on the getaway car down the street, or an accomplice without disguise. They want everyone to have cameras and then they can abuse the system. Friends showed me high quality close up footage of someone stealing their bike. Absolutely useless, all you saw was an average guy that you wouldn’t recognize if you walked past on the street.

The local law enforcement will likely not have the time to chase individual small cases either...

by tehlike 8mo ago

The local law enforcement will likely not have the time to chase individual small cases either...

Careful what you wish for, local cops have already abused cameras and license plate readers to arrest people just for driving by the location and looking similar to doorbell video, over package theft... https://youtu.be/37fp2n6p19Q https://youtu.be/37fp2n6p19Q

lifestyleguru 8mo ago
In Poland some moron in surveillance center visually profiled a random guy as one wanted person (by jacket color), then police took the guy to the police station and beat him to death. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Igor_Stachowiak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Igor_Stachowiak
- theodric 8mo ago
  Wow. What an infuriating case, again and again. Only 2 years in prison for the perps because the court decided that "excited delirium" killed the guy and not being beaten and tased 4 times.
  - antihero 8mo ago
    And some of the protestors that protested this got 4+ years. Clearly police property has more rights than a human being.
  - mrguyorama 8mo ago
    The guys who beat Rodney King faced zero justice, American prison guards pretty regularly do horrific things and face little repercussion, and the guys who executed Pretti were working the next day, until that led to backlash and now they are being systemically protected. In some states in the US, it is not illegal for a cop to have sex with someone they have arrested. Ain't that just dandy. The Polish situation could be an upgrade.
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close04 8mo ago

Even if they do, “crime scene” camera footage is less useful than the victims expect. Cameras discourage thieves of opportunity but not someone who has their mind set on taking your stuff. A simple cap or mask, some sunglasses, a few strips of reflective tape, a WiFi deauther, cheap and accessible stuff like this make the practical usefulness of most home camera systems limited at best to the owner understanding what and how it happened. That’s why police looks to piece together from a larger surveillance network. Maybe you can’t see the face on the home camera but in another camera down the road, or a license plate on the getaway car down the street, or an accomplice without disguise. They want everyone to have cameras and then they can abuse the system. Friends showed me high quality close up footage of someone stealing their bike. Absolutely useless, all you saw was an average guy that you wouldn’t recognize if you walked past on the street.