officers misusing Flock surveillance is well-documented but can I interest you in a follow-on scandal involving racist police in Charlotte?
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officers misusing Flock surveillance is well-documented but can I interest you in a follow-on scandal involving racist police in Charlotte?
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When you see proof of some heinous police excessive use of force (e.g. Abner Louima), you should assume the officers involved have seen π¨π€π’ππ€π£π in the past do π¨π€π’ππ©πππ£π almost as bad, and get away with it. Human nature is to take something you admire to the next level. So, what preceded that chat?
hugely important point and I would wager that type of vicarious reinforcement (or more simply "modeling") is happening in departments across the country. www.alliedacademies.org/articles/soc...
I talk a lot about "mob layers" because a) it's a decent visual and b) bc additional criming almost always lurks beneath how many text- and Signal-message threads in other departments contain the same offensive language? number ain't zero, no sir. www.wbtv.com/2026/10/12/r...
how's this for layers: cop who illegally accessed the Flock system passed license-plate data to a known drug dealer and investigatory targetβwhich then spawned the broader, separate scandal involving multiple officers' racist diatribes www.wcnc.com/article/news... bsky.app/profile/cyna...
the misuse of flock in this case was a cop tipping off his drug dealer friend about an undercover buyer.