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Dhruv Mehrotra@dmehro.bsky.social |
NEW: Police in a border city deployed drones to investigate 20,000 911 calls—from noise complaints to murder. They have amassed hundreds of hours of footage above residents not involved in crimes
The poorer the neighborhood, the more exposure residents faced
www.wired.com/story/the-ag...
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Dhruv Mehrotra
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We analyzed millions of coordinates to uncover where police sent drones and why. With cameras and zoom lenses powerful enough to capture faces clearly, they routinely fly over backyards, schools, homeless shelters, social services, and even the city's Planned Parenthood.
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thrillhouse.vanhouten
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Very cool and not at all dystopian police state you got here in the land of the free
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Jason D. Salvagni
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Investigative Research Council
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Everywhere, Always , this is the surveillance State. Time to dispose of it for everyone’s safety.
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Easy Writer
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Democracy dies in darkness. Thanks for shining a light on this.
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Faine Greenwood
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Nice work. These programs are horrible and way more people need to know about them.
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Redir
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Imagine sending a drone in for a noise complaint.
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@nojustdan.bsky.social
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Thanks for keeping us informed about this.
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Hypervisible
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Great (and infuriating) piece.
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Bill Stewart
@billstewart.bsky.social
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Sigh. Bay Area local politician Joe Simitian tried to get the county to make privacy-respecting policies for use of drones by police BEFORE they got to be $50 at the toy store, but most of the cities around here took the opposite approach instead. (Buy them, try them out, abuse them.)
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@christislord.bsky.social
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Maybe if ppl stopped committing crimes we wouldn't need drones?
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Stephanie 🎀
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They have these drones in Portland, Oregon, too. It’s not just border cities 🫠
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