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 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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