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1. throwa+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-06-24 17:43:00
Dear god the input image they used to generate that is TERRIBLE! It could be damn near any black male.

The real negligence here is whoever tuned the software to spit out a result for that quality of image rather than a "not enough data, too many matches, please submit a better image" error.

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2. mindsl+D5[view] [source] 2020-06-24 18:07:01
>>throwa+(OP)
I'm not even sure that's definitely a black man, rather than just any person with some kind of visor or mask. There does seem to be a face in the noise, but human brains are primed to see face shapes.

The deeper reform that needs to happen here is that every person falsely arrested and/or prosecuted needs to be automatically compensated for their time wasted and other harm suffered. Only then will police departments have some incentive for restraint. Currently we have a perverse reverse lottery where if you're unlucky you just lose a day/month/year of your life. With the state of what we're actually protesting I'm not holding my breath (eg the privileged criminals who committed the first degree murder of Breonna Taylor still have yet to be charged), but it's still worth calling out the smaller injustices that criminal "justice" system inflicts.

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3. treis+vB[view] [source] 2020-06-24 20:40:20
>>throwa+(OP)
You're also looking at a scan of a small print out with poor contrast and brightness. There's probably a lot more detail there at full resolution, brightened up to show the face, and then enhanced contrast that the computer is seeing.
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4. alasda+JF[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-24 21:03:04
>>mindsl+D5
>The deeper reform that needs to happen here is that every person falsely arrested and/or prosecuted needs to be automatically compensated for their time wasted and other harm suffered.

I agree here, but doing that may lead to the prosecutors trying extra hard to find something to charge a person with after they are arrested, even if it was something trivial that would often go un-prosecuted.

Getting the details right seems tough, but doable.

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5. seekup+fq1[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-25 03:52:38
>>mindsl+D5
>Currently we have a perverse reverse lottery where if you're unlucky you just lose a day/month/year of your life

that's what happens if you're lucky

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