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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: 0.556s | 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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noqc[dead post] ◴[18 Jul 25 16:05 UTC] No.44606330[source]▶
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1. amanaplanacanal ◴[18 Jul 25 17:14 UTC] No.44607295[source]▶
The police should follow the rules laid out for them. If they don't, I would very much like to see them in prison.
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2. noqc ◴[18 Jul 25 17:20 UTC] No.44607384[source]▶
What point of mine do you think you are attacking? The parent comment said that these rights were being given up "in order to squash anti-war sentiment". This was wrong on two counts.

a) The rights were preserved, the assaulter walks free on account of the NYPD's misconduct. The rock throwers have zero cause to be upset, the law protected them from the police overreach successfully.

b) The student was not charged with "anti-war sentiment". He was charged with assault, for throwing rocks at people.