South Carolina law enforcement agencies have seized more than $17 million in civil asset forfeiture, overwhelmingly from young Black men. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court limited the power of state and local police to seize people’s property. https://t.co/gvsM0SS6Q1
Activists, journalists, defense attorneys, and policymakers: @EFF's “Street-Level Surveillance” project shines light on the advanced surveillance technologies that law enforcement agencies routinely deploy in our communities.
Get the straight story: https://t.co/yyjvDeceMf
The public deserves more transparency when police seek hand-me-down equipment from the military. A bill sitting on @jerrybrowngov's desk would enact baseline accountability measures across California.
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ICYMI: Do Not Resist premiered earlier this year. Its an urgent documentary that explores the militarization of local police departments- in their tactics, training, and acquisition of equipment- since 9/11. #14DaysOfResistance#DroptheMIC https://t.co/feiLP7i7vQ
There are no guidelines about how long the facial data gets stored or how it’s used. "Facial recognition technology can be an added danger if there aren't well-articulated guidelines about its use," says the Brennan Center's @RachelBLevinson. https://t.co/DH8W4zXSH7
a really eye-opening doc on police militarization in the US and mass surveillance technologies ( like face recognition) being developed by private companies to sell to the government and police departments. it’s free to watch if you create a PBS account. https://t.co/CJOe0qezV5
Do Not Resist this unprecedented look at the militarization of local police forces since 9/11 on @POVdocs @ 7/6c. @DoNotResistFilm#ComeTogether https://t.co/dPO7WHz3Kq
Just finished incredible #DoNotResistFilmPBS & it actually made me nauseous. My mind was just a running repeat of: "WTF?!" "Toxic masculinity" & "Boys & their toys." It gets harder & harder to believe the story that it's just a few rotten apples. Bravo @DoNotResistFilm! @POVDocs