when we bought our house, the previous owners had it installed in the front. we disconnected it for this specific reason.https://twitter.com/NewBlackMan/status/1394652353278717956 …
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@tanvim's and@sarahsholder's reporting at@CityLab just how close the relationship is between Ring, Nextdoor, and your local police dept.https://bloom.bg/3u1yAM72 replies 51 retweets 145 likesShow this thread -
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"The doorbell-camera company Ring has forged video-sharing partnerships with more than 400 police forces across the United States, granting them...a powerful role in what the company calls the nation’s 'new neighborhood watch.'”https://wapo.st/3u4610y
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is there something thrilling about this? if you look at the people on Nextdoor who are obsessed with 'crime' and 'suspicious-looking' and the importance of vigilance...and who is *actually* (in broad demographic terms) likely to be the victim of crime...the math ain't mathing.
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this is what weirds me out about 'true crime.' if you look at who is the focus of these stories, and what violence looks like in real life and who it is most often visited upon...ionno, man.
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early in the pandemic, i tried one of those Netflix docs in which a white lady went missing in some sleepy, exurban subdivision in Arizona somewhere and the neighbors ALL had doorbell cameras. They questioned residents and no one noticed any cars that "shouldn't have been there"
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like, y'all live way out in the cut away from all the "suspicious-looking people" and are still that paranoid about some imagined threat to your cul de sac? this sounds exhausting.
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ah, but it's so _exciting_ to imagine "The Purge" type scenarios where suddenly it would be OK—good and noble, even!—for them to shoot, you know…certain people.
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