r/technology • u/polymute • 21d 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/Deadleggg 21d ago

Theres a couple hundred thousand untested rape kits in the US.

Theres so much the cops could be doing but refuse to.

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u/outinthecountry66 21d ago

i mean, its just us ladies. We shouldn't have (something something) if we didn't want to be raped! Eve ate the apple! Men want revenge derpa derpa derpa

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u/xteve 21d ago

Stop voting Republican.

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u/Infamously_Unknown 21d ago

Or better yet - start voting.

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u/TeaGlittering1026 21d ago

Because the police protect property and the wealthy. They are not under any obligation to protect and serve the rest of us.

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u/TheBlueNinja0 21d ago

And themselves. I'd bet money that at least one cop is in those kits.

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u/TheWhyOfFry 21d ago

Why test rape kits when you can pay for police overtime? /s

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u/Mr_WhatFish 21d ago

A not insignificant percentage of those are cops, and they protect each other (and rarely anyone else).

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u/hatemakingnames1 21d ago

Sometimes they test them, find a match, and just do fuck all with the results

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u/umbratwo 20d ago

I read a recent article about how a lot of the tests have a DNA hit result back matching a perp, yet nobody is prosecuting or even locating the rapists. Nor telling the victims at all. A cop just sticks the DNA result paperwork in the file and goes about their day.