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		tremon 20 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Police used AI facial recognition to wrongly arres... They mean that penalties and restitutions for wrongful prosecutions and wrongful convictions should not come from taxpayer money but private insurance. Right now, police departments feel zero pain from judgements against them so they have no reason to structurally correct their behaviour.

bdangubic 20 days ago [–]

how is police going to pay for private insurance though? from police officer salaries (which come from taxpayers)?

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