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Are those groups opposed to any tool or technology that could be used for government overreach or oppression? Is that really the only thing we can do?

>>senord+(OP)
i can't speak for groups, only myself. if we had ever seen police restraint via civilian oversight boards or had ever seen a pattern of behavior that would let us trust police, that would be one thing. but we haven't and they resist oversight.

combine that with a federal government that increasingly says police can do whatever they want and the 1st, 4th, 6th, and 8th amendments don't apply equally anymore.

so, no, i don't think police should have access to incredible levels of surveillance or military-grade hardware.