technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoCops Are Using Flock to Spy on People for the Crime of Standing Aroundtheintercept.comexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1312arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.catechnology@lemmy.mlpravda_news@news.abolish.capitalgestapo_usa@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Police scanned Flock cameras in a single town in Illinois more than 1,200 times to investigate cases of loitering.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·4 days agoLoitering is the dumbest illegal thing right up there with jay walking and criminalizing not having a home.
minus-squaregAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 days agoEither choose to participate in capitalism or they stick you in a box and commodify your imprisonment
minus-squareaceshigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoAre you loitering if you’re walking the dog? What about if you’re smoking outside? What about if you’re sitting on a bench in a park?
minus-squareMagicShel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·4 days agoIt depends. Is someone richer than you upset about it? Then it’s loitering.
minus-squareaceshigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoCheckmate. I guess I’m done for today.
Loitering is the dumbest illegal thing right up there with jay walking and criminalizing not having a home.
Either choose to participate in capitalism or they stick you in a box and commodify your imprisonment
Are you loitering if you’re walking the dog? What about if you’re smoking outside? What about if you’re sitting on a bench in a park?
It depends. Is someone richer than you upset about it? Then it’s loitering.
Checkmate. I guess I’m done for today.