technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoCops Are Using Flock to Spy on People for the Crime of Standing Aroundtheintercept.comexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1132arrow-down1external-linkCops Are Using Flock to Spy on People for the Crime of Standing Aroundtheintercept.comtechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square32linkfedilinkfile-text
Police scanned Flock cameras in a single town in Illinois more than 1,200 times to investigate cases of loitering.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoLoitering is the dumbest illegal thing right up there with jay walking and criminalizing not having a home.
minus-squaregAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoEither choose to participate in capitalism or they stick you in a box and commodify your imprisonment
minus-squareaceshigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month 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.zipcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoIt depends. Is someone richer than you upset about it? Then it’s loitering.
minus-squareaceshigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month 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.