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Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting

218 points · 261 comments · latexr

p_j_w · 1790179654 · focus · HN ↗
>The cop said, “You’re under arrest,” grabbed her arms, and pulled her out of the room. “I can do this all night. I get paid by the hour,” the cop added.
Two sentences showing precisely why no one can trust the police. Not only are they completely unaccountable, but they will trample your first amendment rights and do so with smug amusement in full public view. These are the kinds of people we're supposed to be happy to give massive surveillance power to?
1. sippingabonedry · 1790181603 · focus · HN ↗
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  1. solenoid0937 · 1790181656 · focus · HN ↗
    Why does a city council installing Flock cameras deserve respect?
    Why do they get to use the police state to abuse people if they get disrespected?
    Absolutely insane that the surveillance state is expanding (even more!) and this is what you're concerned about.
    scottyah · 1790181927 · focus · HN ↗
    This must be parody, do you not understand the basics of a functioning society?
    Avicebron · 1790182254 · focus · HN ↗
    Not taking the concerns of the people you supposedly represent seriously is more rude than a middle finger.
    scottyah · 1790207102 · focus · HN ↗
    The middle finger is destructive and vindictive, it does not help the anti-flock movement, does not help reasonable adults reach middle ground, and has absolutely no moral standing. It's throwing a tantrum for a person's ego.
    No amount of whataboutisms or ignoring history since before writing ("eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind", etc) will ever make this look like a good move and you should seriously reconsider whatever media you've consumed that have distorted your values this far.

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