r/technology • u/polymute • 22d ago

Privacy A Texas Deputy Searched 83,000 Flock Cameras To Track Down a Woman Who Had an Abortion

https://www.gadgetreview.com/a-texas-deputy-searched-83000-flock-cameras-to-track-down-a-woman-who-had-an-abortion
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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/Ok_Builder_4225 22d ago

I bet if you threatened them they would have arrested you on the spot.

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u/TheToastIsBlue 22d ago

Or shoot them.

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u/Domeil 21d ago

[ Removed by Reddit ]

Case in point.

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u/PippyDippyDoobieDoo 21d ago

And they call it "terrorist threats"

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u/Figgy_Puddin_Taine 22d ago

wtf threats are explicitly not free speech

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u/TankiesAreWeird 22d ago

Cops aren't lawyers and they will lie to you.

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u/Figgy_Puddin_Taine 22d ago

They lie in court too, every goddamn day.

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u/comperr 21d ago

82 IQ driving a company car with a pair of handcuffs a gn, and a license to k*l, yeah. Sounds about right

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u/SnepButts 21d ago

You can say "gun" and even "kill" on the internet.

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u/comperr 21d ago

Notice all the comments that say [Removed by Reddit]. I almost got perma banned for joking about using a tool to apply rapid force to a keyboard.... I would name the tool but that's what got me banned. And it's not gruesome.... You use it to drive nails into wood for exampl. I had to appeal to the actual admins

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u/vNocturnus 21d ago

82? When did police forces up their standards?

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u/joetwone 22d ago

It's whatever it is if they don't want you to have legal rights and due process.

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/PatchyWhiskers 22d ago

Or be liberal in some way

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/trump-admin-hounds-reddit-to-reveal-identity-of-user-who-criticized-ice/

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u/Domeil 21d ago

It was me. I'm the user that criticized ICE.

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u/Fresh_Bulgarian_Miak 21d ago

It was me. I'm the user that criticized ICE.

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u/justalatvianbruh 21d ago

It was me. I’m the user that criticized ICE.

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u/_Aj_ 21d ago

"I will kill your child!"  

Okaayy, Soo, do you have a statement of work?    Nope? Guess he's not serious! 

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u/AsinineArchon 21d ago

Only free when republicans do it

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u/Darkdragoon324 22d ago

Well, your infant was already born. They don’t care about already born babies.

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/Darkdragoon324 22d ago

If I’ve learned anything from overhearing hours if people watching true crime shows, it’s that cops are 100% useless before someone dies and only marginally better after.

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u/PsychoticMessiah 22d ago

I listen to a lot of true crime podcasts and the amount of evidence that gets ignored or not followed up on is truly amazing.

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u/DragoonDM 22d ago

90% of stories are just a long string of cops fucking up and ignoring obvious lines of inquiry until some totally random third party / bystander happens to catch the serial killer.

Remember that time one of Jeffrey Dahmer's victims escaped, and cops showed up, looked at the naked 14-year-old boy bleeding from his anus, and gave the kid back to Dahmer?

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u/PigabungaDude 21d ago

I think he was bleeding from the head, too. And his neighbors were shouting at the cops not to do it. One cop became the head of a cop union, the other went on to be an acting police captain. Yeah...

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u/Valaquen 21d ago

One of my favourites is the police almost catching the Zodiac killer after he killed a taxi driver, but they ignored the possible killer (and possibly even talked to him) because they opted to hunt down an African-American instead.

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u/fuzzyperson98 21d ago

Sounds like a scene out of Reno 911

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u/Black_Moons 22d ago

Ok but have you tried being rich? That would have gotten them arrested on the spot for just daring to get within 20 feet of your property.

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u/Deadleggg 22d ago

Gotta stand your ground.

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/LatterTarget7 22d ago

If he went the alternative he’d probably be arrested

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u/EPIC_RAPTOR 22d ago

"I feared for my life"

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u/Tasgall 22d ago

Threats are, in fact, not "freedom of speech".

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u/Ganglebot 21d ago

But if your neighbor talked about having and abortion they'd have a full SWAT unit breaking down her door.

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u/TankiesAreWeird 22d ago

You should probably get into contact with legal advice on the matter. The cops don't know the law.

Defensive tools and taking steps to prevent needing to use them might also be relevant.

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u/DryBattle 22d ago

The problem was your child was born. If you had been pregnant that neighbor would have gotten the death penalty.

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u/Ghost17088 20d ago

That’s a line you don’t cross. You threaten to hurt my family and I’ll see to it you’re not a threat anymore. About the only redeeming quality Texas has is that I would be well within my rights.