• kreskin@lemmy.world
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    “tracking” things they will do nothing about at least keeps the violent deadbeat cops off the street. I suggest they start counting the number of vowels in Nancy Drew and Hardy boys books, that would be another good use of their time and keep them busy. Whats that saying, “Idle cop hands do the devils work” I think.

    They could also dig holes in fields and then fill them in. Or work on justice degrees at the local community colleges so they could learn to do their jobs professionally.

    Whichever of their idiot supervisors told them to spy on Americans should of course be fired and prosecuted.

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    AI is not even entrenched in our society and it already gets full protection. We have to allow it and no regulations allowed without the federal government saber rattling.

    This is beyond ridiculous. This has nothing to do with national security and everything to do with the corporatocracy ruling our lives.

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    Anyone else notice a trend of cops spending way too much time on Social Media instead of going after actual criminals?

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      Its almost like their only purpose was always to create a panopticon effect, brutalize minorities to maintain an underclass, and protect capital.

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    I’d love to see cops admit that they’re tracking corrupt politicians and CEOs, but that will never happen.

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    I gotta wonder how much attention they pay to federated social media. Police have always had a mandate to serve the interests of property owners first, so it might be they’ll choose to pretend sources existing free of corporate patronage don’t exist.

    It’s like talking to a Windows guy about Linux. They pretend it’s not what serious companies use, so all the cool OSS stuff is invisible to them. Ask me about how I taught an entire tech consultancy about Markdown files. They thought a good README was saved as a Word doc. Dumbasses.