Minneapolis official wants to get ahead of police use of facial recognition Citing concerns about privacy and civil liberties, he plans to push for tight regulations on any future use of the technology by police. July 20, 2019 6:40pm Text size Copy shortlink:
A Minneapolis council member, citing concerns about privacy and civil liberties, plans to push for tight regulations on any future use of facial recognition technology by the city’s police.
Department officials insist they are years away from adopting a technology that’s being used more often in criminal investigations around the country, but Council Member Steve Fletcher said in this case it’s better to be a year too soon than a year too late.
Democrats ditch defund the police slogan, but not necessarily policy principles Print this article
With the 2020 campaign season over, the message is clear from the upper echelons of the Democratic Party: “Defund the police” is not the message that they want to communicate to voters.
Former President Barack Obama warned in an interview earlier this month that you lost a big audience the minute you say it.” President-elect Joe Biden in a private meeting last week, according to audio obtained by the
Intercept, said, “That’s how they beat the living hell out of us across the country, saying that we’re talking about defunding the police.”