Woman Pulled From Car at Gunpoint By Police After Mistaken Flock Alert - Twice (fox6now.com)
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- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/042259/woman-pulled-from-car-at-gunpoint-by-police-after-mistaken-flock-alert---twice
- Source link: https://www.fox6now.com/video/fmc-r4d8gh58potl4lqm
And amazingly, the same thing happened Monday, according to the local news report. "Milwaukee police pulled her over with guns drawn. She says officers never explained why, towed her car, and let her go."
She now describes herself as "traumatized," recalling her second detention by police on Thursday. "After they put us in cuffs, they walked us to the car. I'm not knowing what's going on. I'm scared. All you see is people in their cars recording." She now says she's scared to drive her car, and so is her daughter. "Because she doesn't know if the police are going to pull us over and do it again..."
"I haven't been to sleep since this happened. Every time I close my eyes, all I can see is guns."
She wants an apology, since the local police would only say [2]it wasn't their fault , it was the fault of the Milwaukee police department that failed to remove the alert from Flock's system. "Milwaukee police emphasized this was not a Flock camera issue, it was a data entry mistake," according to the local news report. The woman's response?
"Y'all failed. Y'all failed the system. Y'all failed me . Y'all failed everybody."
[1] https://www.fox6now.com/video/fmc-r4d8gh58potl4lqm
[2] https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/in-your-community/waukesha-county/brookfield-police-chief-defends-officers-high-risk-traffic-stop-based-on-flock-alert
This didn't have to happen twice (Score:1, Redundant)
if the police had just shot her the first time.
/s
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Given she was guilty of Driving While Black, it's somewhat surprising they didn't shoot her during one stop or the other.
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> "Given she was guilty of Driving While Black"
Race has nothing to do with it. She was pulled over because of the plate alert. But nice try.
> "it's somewhat surprising they didn't shoot her during one stop or the other."
Stop being ridiculous. 99.999+% of the time, if a person complies with the officers (like pulling over immediately and following instructions), the interaction will be reasonable. I am NOT saying non-compliance should result in death, but when people choose to do stupid s*** then bad
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It only applies to black men.
Neglected to remove alert (Score:3)
I am not a fan of Flock at all. But the mistake had nothing to do with Flock. The police failed to remove a suspected plate from the system. Even without Flock, had a cop spotted the car, they would have reacted. And probably in the same way.
Sex/race is irrelevant. And yes, I think she should be compensated in some reasonable way for the mistake, especially since it happened twice (insane).
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Without Flock or some other ALPR, they would not have run the plate.
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> Sex/race is irrelevant.
Are you sure about that?
[1]https://www.prisonpolicy.org/b... [prisonpolicy.org]
[1] https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/12/22/policing_survey/
In the mean time... (Score:1)
In the mean time these policemen could have gone after real criminals.
This is an epic waste of their forces and the communities money.
Do we need more evidence? (Score:1)
" Make USA barbarian again! "
How such a nightmare can be possible?
They ought to install a Flock at the White House (Score:2)
there will then be a good chance of finding some crooks.
Re: They ought to install a Flock at the White Hou (Score:1)
Put it in the Rotunda for best effect
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> there will then be a good chance of finding some crooks.
Nah, they'd probably just bump into Trump and say, "Excuse - I mean pardon - me." /s
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The three-tiered system of criminal punishment doesn't permit charging, trying, convicting, and sentencing rich people and/or celebrities. They also get pardons on federal crimes and don't even have to "donate" "support" if they're family, good friends, or symbolic influencers.
Twice? Try three times (Score:2)
It failed QA
Now the real world test, and it happened twice.
The company should drop the L from their name
An apology? (Score:2)
Fuck that. You want a lawsuit. Sue the police departments, sue flock, sue the state. Where is the ACLU?
what could possibly go wrong? (Score:3)
how long will it be until flock “safety” gets someone killed? no doubt they will disclaim all responsibility while wiping the blood from their hands.
Re:what could possibly go wrong? (Score:5, Insightful)
I'm 99% sure somebody has already been killed because of Flock. Police shootings often don't get reported in the press. Hush hush, like teachers raping kids. The Flock system is broken on so many levels, and the company should be sued out of existence.
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Feels like a valid lawsuit here. It accused someone, the company is "it", therefor it is accountable for a false police report and reparations are needed.