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How Cops Use Flock to Track People, Not Cars: (www.rsn.org)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1268605/how-cops-use-flock-to-track-people-not-cars

Cops have used Flock's FreeForm search feature to look for people with tattoos and wearing specific sport shirts, and searches sometimes include the target's race, according to data reviewed

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[–] Sanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 minutes ago

Non-caucasian: Immediately flagged in any white neighborhood.

Caucasian: Immediately flagged in any black neighborhoods so they can try and squeeze out a drug bust.

Both are born out of systemic racism.