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[–] halfempty@kbin.social 75 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Massive surveillance programs won't stop crime. Instead it will be used to persecute target demographic groups.

[–] JoShmoe@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago

Its probably the only reason the major was put into that position. Foreign influence.

[–] ClopClopMcFuckwad@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Instead of spending millions on CCTV and drones try giving people safe shelter and sanitation.

[–] freeindv@monyet.cc 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

safe shelter

What does that have to do with crime?

sanitation

Are people catching some kind of disease that makes them steal and commit assaults?

[–] ridethisbike@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

Thought it was pretty obvious they if people are in desperate situations they will resort to taking desperate measures to survive, but I guess not

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

People happy -> no need to commit crime to make themselves happy

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

Not even to make them happy, its a survival technique.

[–] garrett@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago

Why do you think people commit crime?

[–] Gorgeous_Sloth@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and we aren't even in a cool one. Where is my chrome?

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago
[–] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

It won’t help unless you actually put the criminals in jail. Since you won’t do that, drones are useless.

[–] rainynight65@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

So you're telling me that blanketing cities in CCTV over the past decade or so has failed to stop crime? And you're telling me that you need more of it to stop crime?

[–] Cyberjin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm just an outsider But didn't she defund the police and fund a lot of woke stuff?

[–] Sooperstition@lemmy.one 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] figaro@lemdro.id 5 points 1 year ago

The answer conservatives won't give is "expecting accountability."

[–] Cyberjin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Woke like in identity politics

[–] garrett@infosec.pub 7 points 1 year ago

No, she didn’t make the cops gay.