Predictive policing is UNJUST.
It tramples on the presumption of innocence to reproduce existing discrimination.
With 16 other civil society groups, we say:
BAN biometric surveillance and the use of AI to ‘predict’ crime.
Read our open letter ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/app/uploads/2024/07/SafetyNotSurveillance-open-letter-Jul-24.pdf
Outlook not so good 🎱
Police tech doesn’t predict crime. It predicts policing.
Based on biased data, it brings more of the same – racist policing and poverty punishment.
Read our latest blog on why crime 'predicting' police tech must be BANNED ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-predictive-policing-must-be-banned/
#policing #AI #precrime #justice #criminal #police #ukpol #ukpolitics #surveillance
"I paint my face and put on a show, but my true art is opening hearts and minds. I'm a walking revolution, honey!" —Marsha P. Johnson
#queer #trans #anarchism #pride #activism #policing #LGBTIQA #PrideProtest #FirstPrideWasARiot #MarshaPJohnson #AbolishPolice #AbolishPrisons #Abolition #CommunityNotCops #NoJusticeNoPeace #NoCopsAtPride
Young people particularly distrust the police (more than their overall distrust of the institutions run by older people). Its also seems to be a particularly British problem;
while it may be difficult to get to the root cause of this distrust its likely to the way policing appears on social media alongside young people's own experiences of actions like stop & search.
But, if policing needs to be consensual then this looks like a major problem!
#policing #politics
https://www.police-foundation.org.uk/2024/06/the-police-have-a-problem-with-gen-z/
Rated The Raid 8/10
One of the finest action movies of the year. Half of the fun is literally watching the body count increase because some of the kills are incredibly innovative. The fight choreography for the hand-to-hand sequences is equally creative. When I first saw the premise I figured it'd be mostly a shoot-'em-up type movie as it centers on a SWAT team operation, but there's a considerable amount of martial arts at play (aside from the standard melee stuff) and it's nice to see that come back to cinema.The other thing I really loved about this was the sound editing/mixing. Several scenes of anticipation use sort of a rising baseline to build atmosphere instead of silence and I quite enjoyed it. There are also a few scenes of the action that incorporate the thematic elements of dubstep of all things--certainly not what I expected from an Indonesian film.Visually, the feel of the movie is gritty and small. There are no truly massive set pieces and so you have all of this action occurring in very confined spaces. The grittiness comes mainly from the textures of the environments, which all feel like they've actually been inhabited in or were once abandoned. There's also a really nice use of shadows and silhouettes in certain scenes. Not knowing anything of Indonesian culture it's hard for me to say what the acting should like like; nothing stood out, really, but nothing was disappointing. Again this was an action movie and its a damn well good one.
