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inquiline<p>The problem with reforms getting police to wear bodycams and reforms getting police to not cover their faces is the same problem: effort goes towards reform in the name of "transparency" when "transparency" is not the problem, police power is</p><p>"A landmark new study following officers in the nation’s capital has found no evidence that body cameras reduce allegations of police misconduct or officer use of force"<br><a href="https://gizmodo.com/biggest-study-of-police-body-cams-yet-finds-no-change-i-1819719275" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/biggest-study-of-p</span><span class="invisible">olice-body-cams-yet-finds-no-change-i-1819719275</span></a></p><p><a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>Big Tech. Small Data. Immoderate Injustice.</p><p>'Crime-predicting' police tech is the new line of offence from the coppers who brought you institutional racism.</p><p>Overpoliced communities can expect more of the same.</p><p>Sign our petition to BAN it ➡️ <a href="https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ban-crime-predicting-police-tech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions</span><span class="invisible">/ban-crime-predicting-police-tech</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/SafetyNotSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SafetyNotSurveillance</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/PreCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PreCrime</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>Brevard County, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> Police Chief: "throw a brick or a fire bomb at one of our police officers and we will be calling your family to tell them where to pick up your remains because we will kill you."</p><p>Nice talk. That an audition for " Mob Cops 2?" </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policing</span></a> in the Trump era. </p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/video/florida-sheriff-wayne-ivey-threatens-to-kill-violent-protesters-241538117716" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/video/florida-sher</span><span class="invisible">iff-wayne-ivey-threatens-to-kill-violent-protesters-241538117716</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>We have the right to be presumed innocent, not predicted guilty.</p><p>Our liberties mustn't be taken away in a biased game of probability based on flawed police data.</p><p>Tell your UK councillor: BAN predictive policing in your community ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/write-your-local-council-ban-%E2%80%98crime-predicting%E2%80%99-police-tech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">action.openrightsgroup.org/wri</span><span class="invisible">te-your-local-council-ban-%E2%80%98crime-predicting%E2%80%99-police-tech</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/SafetyNotSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SafetyNotSurveillance</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/PreCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PreCrime</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>'Crime-predicting' police tech is on the rise in the UK 📈 </p><p>These tools use data of what the police have done before to decide who to target for surveillance.</p><p>It automates police racism and discrimination against already overpoliced communities.</p><p>Why it must be banned ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-predictive-policing-must-be-banned/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-p</span><span class="invisible">redictive-policing-must-be-banned/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/SafetyNotSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SafetyNotSurveillance</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/PreCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PreCrime</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a></p>
inquiline<p>Love too live in a free society:</p><p>"There have been more than 30 incidents of police violence against journalists as of Tuesday, including 20 injuries"<br><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/journalists-shot-detained-covering-la-immigration-protests_n_68482fd5e4b0c1bc4e818847" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/journalists</span><span class="invisible">-shot-detained-covering-la-immigration-protests_n_68482fd5e4b0c1bc4e818847</span></a></p><p><a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/LAPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LAPD</span></a></p>
Mark<p>American carnage, end of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p><p>“I want to say a few words about the situation in Los Angeles” he told audience of servicemen at Fort Bragg</p><p>What were once considered <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> matters would require ... <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> solutions. LA police, who are very good, but they weren’t <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/aggressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aggressive</span></a>, like our soldiers. Our soldiers really were aggressive</p><p>Military oppression in LA would not be the last</p><p>“I will be calling you early"</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/10/trump-fort-bragg-los-angeles-sketch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">un/10/trump-fort-bragg-los-angeles-sketch</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DictatorTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DictatorTrump</span></a></p>
inquiline<p><a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> and <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> leadership to federal government: </p><p>"don't bring in the National Guard, we're doing just fine teargassing the shit out of people exercising legal 1A rights on our own, thank you"</p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/06/09/la-protests-trump-national-guard-newsom" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/06/09/la-protes</span><span class="invisible">ts-trump-national-guard-newsom</span></a></p><p>Edited to add, feel free to not take my word for it: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/08/los-angeles-protests-dispatch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">un/08/los-angeles-protests-dispatch</span></a></p><p><a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a></p>
Cop Blaster<p>LAPD Officer Jeremiah A. Brown <a href="https://copblaster.com/blast/54975/lapd-officer-jeremiah-a-brown?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">copblaster.com/blast/54975/lap</span><span class="invisible">d-officer-jeremiah-a-brown?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LAPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LAPD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawEnforcement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliceAccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceAccountability</span></a></p>
The Open Buddhist University<p>🗣️ Drip (A free, 5-minute <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> from 2019)</p><p>Tags: <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Childhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Childhood</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policing</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/AfricanAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanAmerica</span></a><br><a href="https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/drip_baker-quenton" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">buddhistuniversity.net/content</span><span class="invisible">/av/drip_baker-quenton</span></a></p>
1 Aby vs 100 Gorillas<p>"I paint my face and put on a show, but my true art is opening hearts and minds. I'm a walking revolution, honey!" —Marsha P. Johnson</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pride</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LGBTIQA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTIQA</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PrideProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrideProtest</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FirstPrideWasARiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstPrideWasARiot</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MarshaPJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarshaPJohnson</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AbolishPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishPolice</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AbolishPrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishPrisons</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CommunityNotCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityNotCops</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NoJusticeNoPeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoJusticeNoPeace</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NoCopsAtPride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoCopsAtPride</span></a></p>
Windspeaker.com<p>It is essential to note that none of the individuals charged are members of the Tsuut’ina Nation.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/humantrafficking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humantrafficking</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/10-individuals-charged-human-trafficking-investigation-tsuutina-nation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">windspeaker.com/news/windspeak</span><span class="invisible">er-news/10-individuals-charged-human-trafficking-investigation-tsuutina-nation</span></a></p>
RaymondPierreL3<p>What this lawyer says about <a href="https://aus.social/tags/youthCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>youthCrime</span></a> is not only ‘factual’ (he ought to know what he is talking about) but he is only telling us what every informed citizen about this highly politicised issue has known for decades (ney, centuries). Youth crime is a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SocialIssue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialIssue</span></a> best addressed by socially responsible policies which have nothing to do with <a href="https://aus.social/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> or the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> and criminal laws. </p><p>“"The vast majority of the children I deal with come with some kind of trauma, whether that is familial or family abuse, abuse while they have been in residential care, some kind of cognitive disorder or intellectual disability… developmental delays, some kind of disadvantage, trauma."</p><p>The Melbourne lawyer says while community understanding of family violence is growing, it doesn't always publicly appreciate the long-term impacts on children.” (Source: <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-31/australian-state-and-territories-are-grappling-with-youth-crime/105355282" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-05-31/aus</span><span class="invisible">tralian-state-and-territories-are-grappling-with-youth-crime/105355282</span></a>?</p><p>If less of our <a href="https://aus.social/tags/treasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treasure</span></a> was systematically transfered to the upper percentile of the moneyed population, there wouldn’t be so many ‘social’ drivers to youth delinquencyand crime.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/illiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illiteracy</span></a> (or lack of education) are Political Choices made by our govt. We can change that. We can make a real difference to the socially disadvantaged portion of our society. But only if we wish to do so -- at the ballot box. </p><p>Sure, we’ve all got it tough. But why should we think we’re any better off just looking after our own interest if we leave so many people out of our decision making. We’re just perpetuating the thieving and making it worse over time. If we do nothing to stop the rorting, our great grandchildren will be youth crime statistics no matter how well we’ve done for ourselves. We’re all, basically, very selfish.</p><p>/end-of-rant<br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/SocialEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialEquity</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/EqualOpportunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EqualOpportunities</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/InUnity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InUnity</span></a></p>
J blue<p>Hi everyone, <br>Don’t call the police is a website that has non-carceral/non-policing, community based resources for mental health, domestic violence, housing, solving conflicts, and now:</p><p>Getting help if your right to vote is being infringed. Check it out 👇 </p><p><a href="https://dontcallthepolice.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">dontcallthepolice.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/domesticviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>domesticviolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conflicts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mutualaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mutualaid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/acab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VotingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VotingRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a></p>
Crystal Huff (they/them)<p>I'm looking forward to this book talk next week! Copaganda: how the police and media manipulate our news. Wednesday, 6/4 at 6:30 pm at Connexion in Somerville, MA. <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/MApoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MApoli</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/Somerpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Somerpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.wrong.tools/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>I predict a riot... a robbery, a murder?</p><p>Crime predicting tech is being used to surveil and monitor us based on historic biases in the data its trained on. It doesn't predict crime. It reinforces the over-policing of already over-policed communities.</p><p>Write to your Council to BAN crime predicting tech ⬇️ </p><p><a href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/write-your-local-council-ban-%E2%80%98crime-predicting%E2%80%99-police-tech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">action.openrightsgroup.org/wri</span><span class="invisible">te-your-local-council-ban-%E2%80%98crime-predicting%E2%80%99-police-tech</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/precrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>precrime</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a></p>
MediaFaro News Digest<p>Racial profiling is still rife across the EU, the Council of Europe says.</p><p>Law enforcement officials across Europe continue to use racial profiling, the Council of Europe's human rights monitoring body (ECRI) has warned.</p><p>New technologies such as facial recognition could worsen the problem, experts have suggested.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250528-racial-profiling-is-still-rife-across-the-eu-the-council-of-europe-says?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250528</span><span class="invisible">-racial-profiling-is-still-rife-across-the-eu-the-council-of-europe-says?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/CouncilOfEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CouncilOfEurope</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/RacialProfiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RacialProfiling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/FacialRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FacialRecognition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policing</span></a></p>
Andy H3<p>The UK edges closer to a police state. The government plans to slash the time before police can destroy vehicles seized for "anti-social" behaviour -- from 14 days to just 48 hours. No warning required.</p><p>This is framed as being tough on crime. In reality, it’s <i>due process</i> quietly being dismantled.</p><p><a href="https://friendica.hubup.pro/search?tag=UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.hubup.pro/search?tag=Policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policing</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.hubup.pro/search?tag=UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a></p>
Paul Kidd :sickos2:<p>Strip searches – which disproportionately increased against young girls and women – speak to a underlying issue within <a href="https://aus.social/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a>. Police scholars have long observed an internal culture of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a>, both domestically and internationally. <a href="https://theconversation.com/from-strip-searches-to-sexual-harassment-australian-policing-has-long-been-plagued-by-sexism-256781" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/from-strip</span><span class="invisible">-searches-to-sexual-harassment-australian-policing-has-long-been-plagued-by-sexism-256781</span></a></p>
doboprobodyne<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HighlandLawyer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HighlandLawyer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@TheComfortableSpotPodcast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheComfortableSpotPodcast</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@brucelawson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>brucelawson</span></a></span> </p><p>Thank you! I did wonder. I should say the court is probably deserving of contempt, if it cannot stomach the human form, although I'm sure the court would disagree.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/lawfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfare</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/nudity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nudity</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a></p>