julsey414 t1_ixs3h83 wrote
Reply to comment by drpvn in What to Know Now That the N.Y.P.D. Is on Amazon’s Neighborhood Watch App by k1lk1
Just as Giuliani era policies like broken windows policing and stop and frisk disproportionately affected communities of color, easy access to reporting “suspicious characters” will likely lead to an increase in racial profiling from citizens afraid of black people in hoodies.
drpvn t1_ixs3ue4 wrote
Like I said, it’s just a higher tech version of “don’t call 911 because policing disproportionately affects POC.” Unfortunately, most of the 911 calls are probably coming from POC.
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