Statewatch on Nostr: 1/ This direct quote from a Belgian police officer reflects what’s long been known ...
1/ This direct quote from a Belgian police officer reflects what’s long been known by communities on the ground—and is now being automated by predictive policing tools.
What you need to know:
• These systems use biased data to label racialised & low-income neighbourhoods as “hotspots”.
• They produce individual profiles that lead to monitoring, stops, searches, raids—even arrest.
• Discrimination isn’t a glitch. It’s built into the system.
Published at
2025-07-04 12:02:58 UTCEvent JSON
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