Yeah the odds of some white novelist actually getting arrested or even getting a phone call for Googling "How do I blow up the White House" etc will continue to be zero Real people are actually going to get brutalized by cops over real shit because of this policy https://t.co/X8KiFwtUcW
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The reason this story is scary is because it's TARGETED pulls for keywords by geolocation The cops have no interest in arresting everyone who looks up "drugs" or "guns" and they never have
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The issue is that the cops can come to Google with a very specific request over something seemingly innocuous with a story that they're trying to catch a specific person and Google will cooperate
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Which ought to worry you, because it's exactly the kind of thing well-meaning white people will go along with because it sounds noble "Can you tell us if anyone in this neighborhood is Googling this specific address? We think this lady has a stalker"
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What well-meaning middle class person wouldn't want to help the cops if they come with a story like that But the problem is, if you just believe them anytime they tell you something like that without a court order, you've made yourself a tool for them to do anything
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