"If you put garbage in a computer nothing comes out but garbage. But this garbage, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and none dare criticize it." – Rory Bremner
Since none dare criticize the conclusions facial ID generates, more false arrests will follow...at least until the tech is finally banned everywhere and relegated into a remote volcano, forever.
Blue checks had a function. Now they're just a status symbol.
What I want is a bright red "vilified" letter "V". It would work this way: If someone pays $5 to put a "V" on someone, there it is. If some other people don't like their favorite being vilified, they can pay $5 to remove the "V".
It would be like a war between the people paying $5 to vilify a heel and more people paying $5 to keep their hero unvilified. Any time the vilify count has more vilifies than un-vilifies, there's the red "V".
I can think of two people I'd pay $5 to vilify, right off.
Heck, we could even run our elections on that: the politician without a "V" wins.
I mean, what a money making idea!
I'd live with a check next to my name, for that kind of money.
I think it would be useful to track all Fairfax PD vehicles so we know which quickie marts they visit, and when, and for how long.
I also think it might be useful to see how long they spend looking for traffic violators in affluent neighborhoods as opposed to poorer areas.
Who do I apply to for an extract of the ALPR data for these studies?
GFY? Where is that?
The way they describe EID, it is would be no better than a big garbage can into which ICE throws "actionable intelligence" in order to lose it forever.
There is no way that ICE could convince me that they would do that, because intelligence agencies (ICE is one) keep actionable intelligence forever.
Next up: The government suppresses Republican Tweeter twits, Faceplant pamphlets and libertrarian slants the news trees medial via Microsoft Teams! Damn the Commune est Lift.
I've heard about a lot of brutal acts by our governments, but this takes the gratuitous cruelty cake. A judge should make every exhibition individual and cop involved form a line to apologize and kiss E.L.'s feet.
Sigh. But I suppose the court case will be declared moot and dismissed. I'll have to settle for a hope that every one of the SOBs breaks their arm patting their own back.
I couldn't patent the "Sun" by that name, but I figure I should be able to patent "A device and methodology for the radiative warming and powering of a solar system by means of large scale nuclear fusion in gravitational containment."
Now pay me.
"...and only examine contents of individual boxes for the purposes of identifying owners who could be contacted about the raid and seizure."
This is where the judge failed his credulity test. I have a safe deposit at a bank that I have to rent. You can bet the bank knows who gets the rental bill, after all, they want my money.
There was absolutely no need to open the boxes to find out who owned each. If the judge had a brain, this is the point at which he should have started in, "You're kidding, right?"
But the judges are like yappy little lap dogs. LEOs come in, LEOs go out with whatever they want, with never a thought by the judge.
According to What Does LGBTQ+ Mean?: "The 'plus' is used to signify all of the gender identities and sexual orientations that are not specifically covered by the other five initials."
This would, of course, include heterosexual. I think someone should get any books promoting heterosexuality or traditional roles banned on the grounds that they are all LGBTQ+.
I bet we could find grounds for the banning of all possible schoolbooks, if we worked on it.
It seems to me that Simon Jenkins is focusing on the wrong target. He should be arguing that there should be regulation on people who write or publish offensive works.
Such as, for example, Salman Rushdie's book.
After all, if free speech is to thrive, we can't have people like Salman Rushdie disturbing the status quo.
...Or maybe, just maybe, Jenkins should reconsider his whole line of reasoning.
The only officer to enter at the start of the raid was Mattingly, who fired six shots. Five or six shots hit Breonna Taylor, one of which (Cosgrove's) killed her.
There's quite a singular focus on shooting Breonna, despite the fact that Kenneth Walker had fired at the police. They only hit Walker once, out of thirty-two shots.
Was it Mattingly who shot Breonna? Or was she shot during the "second wave" of fire, which occurred 68 seconds after the first wave?
Whichever, it seems that there was a singular focus on shooting Breonna Taylor.
Prior to that, there had been a singular focus on justifying a no-knock warrant for the raid, involving multiple outright lies and deceptions.
Then, even though they got a no-knock, the orders were changed to knock and announce. But entry apparently still operated as a no-knock.
Taken in toto, to my mind at least, this all suggests that there was a singular purpose for this raid: The death of Breonna Taylor.
Did someone want her dead? Was the raid actually a hit?
Actually, as noted in some of the news and in the Wikipdia article, the paucity of the evidence had caused the magistrate to change the warrant to knock and announce.
They knocked all right, with a battering ram. They claimed they announced, as they always do in these cases, but 11 witnesses said they did not. (There was one witness that said they did, according to the cops, but he later denied it.)
So, in addition to the other problems, it appears the cops did a no-knock without a no-knock warrant.
"...unassailable blend of James Bond and the Punisher when engaging in warrant service."
I think the exemplar you were looking for was "Judge Dredd": Cop, prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner, all rolled into one.
Only a Total Ban Will Help
"If you put garbage in a computer nothing comes out but garbage. But this garbage, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and none dare criticize it." – Rory Bremner Since none dare criticize the conclusions facial ID generates, more false arrests will follow...at least until the tech is finally banned everywhere and relegated into a remote volcano, forever.
Patent Trolls Capture USPTO, Write New Rules Favoring Themselves
News at eleven.
Elon's Account
With all the money he gets from the US government, someone should tell Elon to label his own Twitter account as "US state-affiliated media".
Who cares about blue checks? I want a red "V".
Blue checks had a function. Now they're just a status symbol. What I want is a bright red "vilified" letter "V". It would work this way: If someone pays $5 to put a "V" on someone, there it is. If some other people don't like their favorite being vilified, they can pay $5 to remove the "V". It would be like a war between the people paying $5 to vilify a heel and more people paying $5 to keep their hero unvilified. Any time the vilify count has more vilifies than un-vilifies, there's the red "V". I can think of two people I'd pay $5 to vilify, right off. Heck, we could even run our elections on that: the politician without a "V" wins. I mean, what a money making idea! I'd live with a check next to my name, for that kind of money.
A modest proposal for beneficial public uses of ALPR data
I think it would be useful to track all Fairfax PD vehicles so we know which quickie marts they visit, and when, and for how long. I also think it might be useful to see how long they spend looking for traffic violators in affluent neighborhoods as opposed to poorer areas. Who do I apply to for an extract of the ALPR data for these studies? GFY? Where is that?
Mostly Useful Report
Maybe ShotSpotter would be more useful if they added psychics into the product so it could predict when it will detect actual shots ...
Nah, nice try, you're not fooling anyone
The way they describe EID, it is would be no better than a big garbage can into which ICE throws "actionable intelligence" in order to lose it forever. There is no way that ICE could convince me that they would do that, because intelligence agencies (ICE is one) keep actionable intelligence forever.
Next up ... Microsoft Project?
Next up: The government suppresses Republican Tweeter twits, Faceplant pamphlets and libertrarian slants the news trees medial via Microsoft Teams! Damn the Commune est Lift.
Metaphor
Gratuitous Cruelty of a little girl
I've heard about a lot of brutal acts by our governments, but this takes the gratuitous cruelty cake. A judge should make every exhibition individual and cop involved form a line to apologize and kiss E.L.'s feet. Sigh. But I suppose the court case will be declared moot and dismissed. I'll have to settle for a hope that every one of the SOBs breaks their arm patting their own back.
By another name
I couldn't patent the "Sun" by that name, but I figure I should be able to patent "A device and methodology for the radiative warming and powering of a solar system by means of large scale nuclear fusion in gravitational containment." Now pay me.
Credulity test
"...and only examine contents of individual boxes for the purposes of identifying owners who could be contacted about the raid and seizure." This is where the judge failed his credulity test. I have a safe deposit at a bank that I have to rent. You can bet the bank knows who gets the rental bill, after all, they want my money. There was absolutely no need to open the boxes to find out who owned each. If the judge had a brain, this is the point at which he should have started in, "You're kidding, right?" But the judges are like yappy little lap dogs. LEOs come in, LEOs go out with whatever they want, with never a thought by the judge.
Dim patterns
...as in, "not too bright," right?
Game of chicken
Companies playing a game of chicken with Kessler syndrome.
Gotta ban them all
According to What Does LGBTQ+ Mean?: "The 'plus' is used to signify all of the gender identities and sexual orientations that are not specifically covered by the other five initials." This would, of course, include heterosexual. I think someone should get any books promoting heterosexuality or traditional roles banned on the grounds that they are all LGBTQ+. I bet we could find grounds for the banning of all possible schoolbooks, if we worked on it.
Regulating at the wrong level
It seems to me that Simon Jenkins is focusing on the wrong target. He should be arguing that there should be regulation on people who write or publish offensive works. Such as, for example, Salman Rushdie's book. After all, if free speech is to thrive, we can't have people like Salman Rushdie disturbing the status quo. ...Or maybe, just maybe, Jenkins should reconsider his whole line of reasoning.
Was the Breonna Taylor raid a hit?
The only officer to enter at the start of the raid was Mattingly, who fired six shots. Five or six shots hit Breonna Taylor, one of which (Cosgrove's) killed her. There's quite a singular focus on shooting Breonna, despite the fact that Kenneth Walker had fired at the police. They only hit Walker once, out of thirty-two shots. Was it Mattingly who shot Breonna? Or was she shot during the "second wave" of fire, which occurred 68 seconds after the first wave? Whichever, it seems that there was a singular focus on shooting Breonna Taylor. Prior to that, there had been a singular focus on justifying a no-knock warrant for the raid, involving multiple outright lies and deceptions. Then, even though they got a no-knock, the orders were changed to knock and announce. But entry apparently still operated as a no-knock. Taken in toto, to my mind at least, this all suggests that there was a singular purpose for this raid: The death of Breonna Taylor. Did someone want her dead? Was the raid actually a hit?
Actually wasn't a no-knock
Actually, as noted in some of the news and in the Wikipdia article, the paucity of the evidence had caused the magistrate to change the warrant to knock and announce. They knocked all right, with a battering ram. They claimed they announced, as they always do in these cases, but 11 witnesses said they did not. (There was one witness that said they did, according to the cops, but he later denied it.) So, in addition to the other problems, it appears the cops did a no-knock without a no-knock warrant.
Judge Dredd
"...unassailable blend of James Bond and the Punisher when engaging in warrant service." I think the exemplar you were looking for was "Judge Dredd": Cop, prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner, all rolled into one.
A city?
Didn't you mean "THE city"?