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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No. The police are well known for using violence against non-violent black people. Imagine what they could do if they believed a black person was armed. I would say that this kid got really lucky.

Besides the racism problem, many false positives will lead to people not taking the system seriously (see: the boy who cried wolf) and even if they take every positive seriously, it would be a huge waste of resources to frequently send a bunch of cops to do nothing (in best case scenario, in worst case it'll result in the death of an innocent person).

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    False negative worse case scenario is a bunch of dead kids though. Like I said, I'd rather if guns weren't in society but you work with what you have and I'd rather a system that was too sensitive then not sensitive enough.

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