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

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291 points dataflow | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 13:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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femiagbabiaka ◴[18 Jul 25 14:36 UTC] No.44605114[source]▶
How many rights will we be asked to give up in order to squash anti-war sentiment?
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stefan_ ◴[18 Jul 25 15:52 UTC] No.44606143[source]▶
This guy was accused of hurling a rock at a protester, it seems we are trying to defend the right to peaceful protest?

Like, this guy was identified off video of him throwing a rock at a protester that hit them in the face. By all accounts this is someone who is trying to violently suppress peoples rights. That he got off on police misconduct in the investigation is a loss to society, no matter how many waxing words try to twist him into being a "protester violated in his rights".

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1. mattnewton ◴[18 Jul 25 16:11 UTC] No.44606407[source]▶
I don't read it as a peaceful protest issue, I read it as police are breaking privacy laws over a Palestinian protestor specifically; as far as we know they aren't doing this to investigate other violent crime in NYC. I agree this is sloppy policework and an unnecessary loss to society as a result.