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Bernie Sanders Calls for a Ban on Police Use of Facial Recognition

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

MrPlow writes:

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: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 20 2019, @02:08PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 20 2019, @02:08PM (#882588)

    and I'm sure some issues will be more complicated when he gets the detailed national security info

    No national security issue is worth sacrificing our freedoms for.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday August 20 2019, @03:33PM (2 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 20 2019, @03:33PM (#882622) Journal

    "Meesa thinks uh weesa should give the chancellor emergency powers." -- Jar Jar Binks

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    • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Wednesday August 21 2019, @03:23AM (1 child)

      by Reziac (2489) on Wednesday August 21 2019, @03:23AM (#882933) Homepage

      I'm reminded of the theory that JarJar was originally intended to be the Really Big Bad, undercover as a moron.

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      • (Score: 3, Interesting) by DannyB on Wednesday August 21 2019, @03:10PM

        by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday August 21 2019, @03:10PM (#883163) Journal

        Another theory is that it might be possible, though improbable, for an entire race of morons to evolve and even develop technology.

        I am wondering how far along that path of evolution we are at this point?

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