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Fresno City Council Rejects Beware Surveillance Software (For Now)

April 7, 2016 Dylan Donnelly 1263 Views Accountability, ACLU, address-specific public data, american civil liberties union, back-end algorithms and variables, bells and whistles, Beware software, Booker T. Lewis, CA, California, Civil rights, color-coded threat levels, community involvement and participation, community policing, contract, controversy, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, facebook, Faith in Community board, first responders, freedom, Fresno, Fresno Bee, Fresno City Council, Fresno Peoples Media, Fresno Police Department, grant, Harassment, homeland security, Illegal search/entry, Instagram, Intrado, Justice System, Michael Lee, pastor, police, Police Chief Jerry dyer, Police State, potential danger to responding officers, public skepticism, rights, Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church, social media, Surveillance, trustworthiness, Twitter, Update

The Fresno City Council rejected a proposal by Police Chief Jerry Dyer Thursday to purchase the Beware software the police

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Rochester, NY Police officer Donald Lodato: “I can’t talk to you sir, have a nice day”, after I Ask him Why he’s Parked illegally

August 20, 2013January 1, 2014 Davy V. 654 Views badges, chief, davy v., don't, donald, extra, grant, james, lodato, ny, officer, police, rights, Rochester, sheppard

By Davy V. It’s not everyday that I run into a story, while covering a story. A sort of 2

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Remembering Rochester, NY’s Oscar Grants

July 30, 2013January 1, 2014 Davy V. 871 Views alicia, andino, calvin, craig, davis, davy v. oscar, denise, department, fruitvale, grant, greene, hawkins, heard, israel, izzy, mcculler, ny, police, Rochester, station, vandi

By Davy V. As I sat in theater 16, waiting to watch Fruitvale Station, the film about Oscar Grant’s last

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