Cops Are Using Flock to Spy on People for the Crime of Standing Around

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• stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  When you have access to CCTV of an entire area, it is obvious that you will find stuff that while perfectly normal, will seem like someone plotting something.

  This is especially true if you are seeing those that you watch as the enemy.

  Humans are excellent at pattern recognition so excellent at it that we often overanalyze and make up scenarios in our heads to fit an imagined narrative.

  A scruffy looking man standing around a hospital entrence is clearly planning a crime, not just waiting for his mom. You can tell from how he moves his weight between his feet.

  This is just an example.

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  • impairedimperator@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Standing around in public with no obvious purpose is a crime in the US…

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• ToastedRavioli@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  “Loitering” sounds like a really easy excuse to stand in for “spying on hot chicks”

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  • wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    spying on children

    ftfy 🤢🤬

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• RedSnt@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  What’s “freedom of assembly” precious?

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  • wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    A subscription service now.

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  • fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    A broken promise

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• wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Cops Are Using Flock

  Full stop. Everything else in the headline is largely irrelevant or redundant.

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