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[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 days ago

"Protecting" women my foot.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Damnit, were the sovereign citizens right about not having license plates?!?!!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Just gotta put a gold fringe on the license plate and then it's not an American license plate it is a Navel license plate and they no longer have jurisdiction.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 days ago

Regardless of gender, ethnicity, or age, if the implications of stories like this aren't bothering you, you're failing to grasp the implications.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago
[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Government so small it fits in your uterus

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Don’t cops have jurisdictional boundaries?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

The family reported the person missing so they probably got around it

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 days ago

Only if they're enforced.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Fuck you're right hahahaha

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 days ago

This is some Fugitive Slave Act bullshit

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Perhaps I'm missing this in the article:

Presumably towns, cities, and state agencies are the ones buying these cameras. Are they able to opt out of data sharing or manually control requests? If not, is there anyone working to put these cameras on procurement blacklists?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

The government doesn’t want to blacklist them. These cameras aren’t being misused, this is exactly why they are being installed by cities across the nation. They’re fine with them being used for shit like this because they know that when it comes to go on their own witch hunts, they’ll be able to.

And to top it off, the local politicians in charge of deciding things get a nice kickback from Flock.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 4 days ago

Facism becoming public.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 days ago

It's the freest state in the conf– Union, don't you know

[–] [email protected] 101 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Isn’t this some misuse of power felony?

[–] [email protected] 78 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I assumed American police just have infinite power and, more recently, extra legal protection on top of it

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅰️🅱️, don't forget start and select!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I'm pretty sure it's BA, not AB

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

You are quite correct. This guy isn't getting any extra lives, just extra embarrassment.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Where's the C come into this

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Sega Megadrive

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Don't tell me how to cheat!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago

Probably will get a lovely paid vacation if anything