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NYPD bypassed facial recognition ban to ID pro-Palestinian student protester

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gruez ◴[18 Jul 25 14:11 UTC] No.44604843[source]▶
>A city fire marshal used FDNY’s access to a facial recognition software to help NYPD detectives identify a pro-Palestinian protester at Columbia University, circumventing policies that tightly restrict the Police Department’s use of the technology.

Why does the fire department need access to run facial recognition?

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hearsathought ◴[18 Jul 25 14:59 UTC] No.44605387[source]▶
Cause israel. The fire marshal probably is pro-israel or israel has dirt on him.

All because of a protest against a foreign country committing acts of genocide. It's unbelievable when you think about it.

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1. reactordev ◴[18 Jul 25 15:20 UTC] No.44605688[source]▶
Just because it was written does not make it true. Cops have come up with all sorts of excuses to justify their criminal behavior including just plain old “I’m a cop” defense.
2. buran77 ◴[18 Jul 25 15:21 UTC] No.44605700[source]▶
One thing's for sure, it always starts with the "terrorists" and "pedophiles". But it would never be used against someone like you, would it?

Turkeys voting for Thanksgiving is what this is.

3. hearsathought ◴[18 Jul 25 15:23 UTC] No.44605721[source]▶
> He hit (or at least was accused of hitting) a counter-protester with a rock. It's in the 3rd paragraph of the article.

And? Do you think the authorities would go to such extremes over a rock throwing incident if it didn't involve israel? Better yet, if it was the pro-israel counter-protestor throwing the rock, do you think the authorities would have wasted a second investigating the matter? Let alone breaking the law to get the suspect?