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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: 0.415s | source
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reverendsteveii ◴[18 Jul 25 14:08 UTC] No.44604806[source]▶
>bypassed ban

Broke the law is the phrase we want here. They did an illegal thing. They didn't just scoot past a barrier, they violated people's rights.

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gruez ◴[18 Jul 25 14:13 UTC] No.44604863[source]▶
>They didn't just scoot past a barrier, they violated people's rights.

Claiming that an administrative policy against using facial recognition as a "right" seems like a stretch.

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1. reverendsteveii ◴[18 Jul 25 20:53 UTC] No.44609713[source]▶
If the police aren't bound by policies they create themselves and voluntarily agree as an organization to be bound by, what are they bound by?