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

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293 points dataflow | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 13:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | 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. 93po ◴[19 Jul 25 12:10 UTC] No.44614857[source]▶
You have a right to due process, which means operating within their defined laws and systems

That policy exists as a scape-goat to there not getting actual laws passed that would make it flatly illegal. This way they can prevent the real law, still break the rules, and get away with it