Comment on ICE's 'Frightening' Facial Recognition App is Scanning US Citizens Without Their Consent
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 weeks agoSure, I just don’t think that’s a reasonable thing to require at all times.
It is. There’s literally no reason they ever need to be masked.
Neither do. Police only need to be identifiable when using their authority, such as when making an arrest or dealing with protests, and in the latter case, only agency affiliation is necessary.
Disagree. Police serve the public. If they are working they should all be identifiable so they can’t step out of line. Especially during protests. Exceptions being made for specific circumstances where they are undercover.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Cops have rights too. If an officer wants to wear a mask, I don’t see any reason to deny them that. They must, however, identify themselves, the risk of someone pretending to be law enforcement is too great.
Agreed, I just don’t think masks are the issue here. IMO, officers involved in protest duty should have their badge number on their uniform in a big enough font for a camera to pick up.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
They refuse to be held accountable or hold each other accountable across the board. They deserve nothing but to do their fucking job exactly as the public who they serve wills it. If they don’t like it they can quit. They have abused any and every bit of latitude they’ve been given since the inception of police forces. They don’t need masks, they don’t need privacy while they’re working. Any who want to hide should be fired immediately. If they don’t have enough integrity to stand behind their actions they’re in the wrong line of work.
They can turn off body cams, or refuse to answer questions of bystanders, or hide their badge numbers. They do it all the time. If they aren’t allowed to wear masks at least people will have their faces to go off.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The solution IMO isn’t to make a bunch of rules to try to make them act better, the solution is to increase accountability. That means:
At the same time, we should increase salaries of police officers to encourage good cops instead of power hungry cops, and perhaps have cash rewards for officers who turn in other officers for criminal violations.
If we focus on laws to force police to act better, they’ll just give themselves a pass.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Being able to see their faces increases accountability.