What’s being presented by ShotSpotter as good news for people who feel they’ve been wrongly accused, doesn’t actually appear to be all that comforting.
ShotSpotter Employees Not Only Have The Power To Alter Gunshot Reports, But Do It Nearly 10% Of The Time
Tag: Criminal Justice
Geofencing Warrants Are a Threat to Privacy
Capitol Rioters Demand Transfer to Guantanamo Bay, Think Food Will Be Better
Jan. 6 defendants held in the D.C. jail’s so-called “Patriot Wing” are demanding to be transferred to Guantanamo Bay’s military prison—which is notorious for human rights abuses—because they think it would have better amenities.
Capitol Rioters Demand Transfer to Guantanamo Bay, Think Food Will Be Better
Trolling?! 🤷🏼♀️
No, The Solution For Criminal Defendants Is Not More Clearview AI
from the two-wrongs-don’t-make-a-constitutional-right dept
Wed, Sep 21st 2022 10:43am – Cathy Gellis
The problems with Clearview AI’s facial recognition system, particularly in the hands of police, are myriad and serious. That the technology exists as it does at all raises significant ethical concerns, and how it has been used to feed people into the criminal justice system raises significant due process ones as well. But an article in the New York Times the other day might seem to suggest that it perhaps also has a cuddly side, one that might actually help criminal defendants, instead of just hurting them.
No, The Solution For Criminal Defendants Is Not More Clearview AI
After Being Pardoned by Trump in Federal We Build the Wall Fraud Case, Steve Bannon Reportedly Faces Related State Charges
Police abuse stop and search powers to target protesters, suggests data
Exclusive: Big Brother Watch analysis shows use of tactic rose 20.5% in London on weekends when demonstrations happened
Police abuse stop and search powers to target protesters, suggests data
Dismantling the Constitution: Police No Longer Have to Honor the Right to Remain Silent
We are witnessing the gradual dismantling of every constitutional principle that serves as a bulwark against government tyranny, overreach and abuse.
Dismantling the Constitution: Police No Longer Have to Honor the Right to Remain Silent
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Supreme Court Creates New Immunity For Cops Who Violate The Fifth Amendment
Ilhan Omar’s meddling in Horn of Africa earns boos at Somali American concert
Framed by Republican media as a backlash against Ilhan Omar’s “woke” politics, the boos of a Somali American crowd expressed growing anger over the congresswoman’s role in US meddling in the Horn of Africa.
Ilhan Omar’s meddling in Horn of Africa earns boos at Somali American concert
The Contagion Effect: From Buffalo to Uvalde, 16 Mass Shootings in Just 10 Days
The latest mass shootings in Texas and New York highlight the frequency of such attacks — and how they can spread like a disease
The Contagion Effect: From Buffalo to Uvalde, 16 Mass Shootings in Just 10 Days
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Our Narrative of Mass Shootings Is Killing Us
Mass Shootings Are Contagious:
The idea that violence might be contagious is not new. Suicides often cluster, in a phenomenon known as suicide contagion, in which vulnerable people are inspired to take their own lives after reading about the details of previous suicides. In an attempt to stop the contagion, many media outlets abide by voluntary reporting standards to not sensationalize suicides.
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“The contagion that appears to be apparent in the mass killings and school shootings may have something to do with the media coverage,” Towers said.
This doesn’t mean the media shouldn’t report on mass shootings, Towers said. But voluntary efforts to de-emphasize the killer’s name and portrait might help stave off additional shootings.
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