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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday August 20 2019, @12:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the and-then? dept.

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

The proposal is part of Sanders' broader plan for police reform.

Wait, they used WOODY HARRELSON as a template? And I'm not sure why facial recognition is the focus here, when I feel that the end of providing military equipment to police forces is much more impactful a change.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/19/20812032/bernie-sanders-facial-recognition-police-ban-surveillance-reform


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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by c0lo on Tuesday August 20 2019, @01:30AM (9 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 20 2019, @01:30AM (#882421) Journal

    The police don't need tanks.

    Why do you hate MIC-style capitalism? If there's no buyer for old stuff, how can they justify the maintenance costs passed on the tax-payers? Do you want to see jobs being lost? Destitute people not able to pay the taxes used to finance the maintenance of those tanks? (grin)

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday August 20 2019, @01:45AM (5 children)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday August 20 2019, @01:45AM (#882432)

    I find your flippant attitude concerning.

    Of course the Police need tanks. What if they come across some teenagers smoking pot in a park at night?

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by takyon on Tuesday August 20 2019, @01:47AM (3 children)

      by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Tuesday August 20 2019, @01:47AM (#882435) Journal

      Nuke them from orbit.

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      • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday August 20 2019, @02:12AM

        by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday August 20 2019, @02:12AM (#882443)

        Ah yes. Some of those teens can be quite intimidating.

        Also they might make fun of me because my trousers are no longer in style.

      • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday August 20 2019, @03:14AM

        by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday August 20 2019, @03:14AM (#882460) Journal

        It IS the only and FINAL solution to getting them OFF muh DAMN LAWN!

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      • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday August 20 2019, @04:22PM

        by Phoenix666 (552) on Tuesday August 20 2019, @04:22PM (#882659) Journal

        With teenagers smoking pot and drinking in the park, it might sooner be

        puke them from orbit.

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    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday August 20 2019, @02:38AM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 20 2019, @02:38AM (#882452) Journal

      They need the last generation, then. The prev generations aren't capable of face recognition.

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  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday August 20 2019, @06:55AM (2 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday August 20 2019, @06:55AM (#882511) Journal

    One of my favorite ballads, "Black Day in July", Gordon Lightfoot [youtube.com] (Canadian!!):

    And then the tanks go rollin' in
    To patch things up as best they can.
    Black Day in July.

    About the Detroit riots, if any of the geriatric Soylentils can remember back to things like Watts, well before the Rodney King riots, or the Fergeson demonstrations, or, well, we need more tanks in Texas.

    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday August 20 2019, @04:26PM (1 child)

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Tuesday August 20 2019, @04:26PM (#882661) Journal

      Don't need tanks.

      I have always admired what the dude in Colorado did [youtube.com]. That's how you go out in style.

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