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[–] 37 points 1 day ago (12 children)

The US is mad about them because its police force is uneducated, untrained and murderous. Whatever flaws the UK's police have, it's not nearly as bad, and having surveillance (in public) is not likely to result in you or your dog getting shot for no reason.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    The US is (also) mad about them because it's a violation of the 4th amendment of our constitution against unreasonable search.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (2 children)

    I don't really know the legal arguments that make surveillance of public places into searches, but let's assume they exist and are valid... I still don't think people would be that mad about it if you thought you could trust your police to use the information half-way responsibly.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    ding ding ding

    Humans generally don’t mind guardrails and the like when they trust the people enacting them.

    We’ve never really trusted the PO-lice in the USA, some have enthusiastically but many have never

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  • [–] 1 point 22 hours ago (1 child)

    Whatever flaws the UK's police have, it's not nearly as bad

    The only major difference between the US and UK police is the numbers that are armed.

    UK police are still full of the corrupt, racists, misogynists, rapists, child abusers and wife beaters.

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