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

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291 points dataflow | 2 comments | 18 Jul 25 13:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.409s | source
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andrewla[dead post] ◴[18 Jul 25 15:37 UTC] No.44605920[source]▶
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jasonlotito ◴[18 Jul 25 15:43 UTC] No.44606018[source]▶
> This headline is extremely misleading because it leads you to believe that they are IDing this person because they are a "Pro-Palestinian Student Protester".

It read like a privacy issue. Then I read your comment, and was confused.

> More proper would be "NYPD Bypassed Facial Recognition Ban to ID Rock-Throwing Assailant"

This is inaccurate. The charges were dismissed. At best, it's an alleged rock-throwing assailant.

> In the end, this is not a free speech issue except tangentially; it is a privacy issue.

That's what the original headline suggested to me on first reading. Why did you think the headline was a free speech issue?

That being said, the threat of a government disobeying its own rules and policies is a deterrent to free speech.

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andrewla[dead post] ◴[18 Jul 25 15:50 UTC] No.44606122[source]▶
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chaps ◴[18 Jul 25 16:09 UTC] No.44606376[source]▶

  "This is right and proper"
They literally banned the use of the technology!
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1. andrewla ◴[18 Jul 25 16:13 UTC] No.44606428[source]▶
Here I am referring to their desire to find a person who committed what appeared to be a criminal act.

I am not excusing their use of the technology, only that the state and specifically the police have a compelling interest to find people who commit crimes. There are lots of limitations on their powers to accomplish this end, but we do want police to investigate crimes.

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2. chaps ◴[18 Jul 25 16:23 UTC] No.44606557[source]▶
You are definitionally excusing their use of the technology.

The definition of "excusing": "attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offense); seek to defend or justify."