Comment on Drug Enforcement Administration agent used Illinois cop’s Flock license plate reader password for immigration enforcement searches

• FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That’s completely irrelevant. If you can identify someone as being in the country illegally it makes no sense to not be allowed to act on it.

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  • FauxLiving@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This isn’t a good argument.

    If law enforcement had access to all of your social media, e-mails and live video feeds from inside your house then they would be able to catch criminals more effectively.

    We have laws specifically limiting police powers because we recognize that there are more things to consider than simply maximizing arrests.

    Protection against unreasonable search is written into the constitution, after all

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    • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      If law enforcement had access to all of your social media, e-mails and live video feeds from inside your house then they would be able to catch criminals more effectively.

      This isn’t the same because law enforcement don’t have access to all of your social media already. This is more like if they did but were only allowed to arrest you for you posting a video of you murdering someone, but not for you posting a video of you raping someone.

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