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ArmchairAce1944 ( ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online )  to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago

Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a Missing Person. It Was an Abortion Investigation.

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Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a Missing Person. It Was an Abortion Investigation.

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ArmchairAce1944 ( ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online )  to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago
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New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and the Johnson County Sheriff that she was “being searched for as a missing person,” and that “it was about her safety.” The new information shows that deputies had initiated a "death investigation" of a "non-viable fetus," collected evidence of a woman’s self-managed abortion, and consulted prosecutors about possibly charging her.
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  • eldavi ( eldavi@lemmy.ml ) 
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    it’s telling that so many are unaware that flock is doing this in texas or anywhere else in the country; if the well educated and connected people don’t know, how is anyone else expected to know?

    • mrgoosmoos ( mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ) 
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      I still find it crazy that everybody was freaking out over 15 minute cities allegedly limiting where you would be allowed to go, and yet these camera systems were just quietly installed and nobody gave a shit

      • eldavi ( eldavi@lemmy.ml ) 
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        americans are told what to be freaked out about by american propaganda and that’s controlled by the american right-wing.

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  • freedickpics ( freedickpics@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Shoot the cameras down

    • ArmchairAce1944 ( ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online ) OP
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      I vent my frustration at cameras when I play the Hitman games. Even when I destroy the footage and shut down all surveillance (god i wish it was as simple as typing a few buttons or shooting a single bullet into a computer.) I still destroy cameras either by shooting them or (more viscerally) throwing something at them.

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    So the sheriff immediately got fired for blatantly lying and the flock contract cancelled for the same reason, right?

    Right?

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      Promoted more likely.

      You know what happens to cops who shoot blacks multiple times without justification? Most of the time it isnt swept under the rug. It is actually rewarded behavior. They get promoted down the line and often end up better off than their less violent colleagues.

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    So tired of these Bible thumping backwards states

  • its_kim_love ( its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    I avoid these things like the plague. Luckily I’m from poor Mississippi. They don’t have the budget for actual coverage, but I doubt it lasts.

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    This shouldn’t surprise anyone. Whether it’s companies, gov or cops they’ll spin any lie to get what they want

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