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Massachusetts city votes to end ShotSpotter contract for gunfire-detection tech designed to fight crime

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-05-22 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1817 views ] Top

1 I have not been paying close enough attention to Chicago. I didn’t realize that they have been successful. Gun control works afterall.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-05-22 07:50|| 2026-05-22 07:50|| Front Page Top

2 So black lives don't matter as blacks kill more blacks than any other group. They just made it easier. Toxic empathy.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-05-22 09:20|| 2026-05-22 09:20|| Front Page Top

3 You can't expect criminals to be enthusiastic about law enforcement.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-05-22 12:19|| 2026-05-22 12:19|| Front Page Top

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Since ShotSpotter shows the areas having the overwhelming shots fired are key inter-city Democrap Metro Voter areas.

Is ShotSpotter Racist for collecting factual data?

Posted by NN2N1 2026-05-22 14:55|| 2026-05-22 14:55|| Front Page Top

5 Facts be racists

do I need to put a /sarc on that?

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-05-22 15:24|| 2026-05-22 15:24|| Front Page Top

6 Is ShotSpotter Racist for collecting factual data?

Yes. The established legal principle in play is disparate impact. Any process or practice that produces a disparate impact on members of a protected class, even if racially neutral, is discriminatory. Example: In high school, if you misbehave in class, you get detention. If more black kids are getting detention than white kids, school discipline is discriminatory. Same thing with ShotSpotter targeting (heh) minority neighborhoods.

/disclaimer: I am not a lawyer
/disclaimer 2: Yes, I think these people are retarded.

Posted by SteveS 2026-05-22 17:19|| 2026-05-22 17:19|| Front Page Top

7 If more black kids are getting detention than white kids, school discipline is discriminatory.

The UK solution would be to start putting more and more white kids in detention, even for minor and perceived infractions, so there is no more room and then the black kids are released to make more room, then can't be sent to detention because the room is full.

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-05-22 18:23|| 2026-05-22 18:23|| Front Page Top

8 Second City cop and CWB document all the "Brandon bodies" of people who might have been salvageable had Spotshotter still been in operation

Posted by Frank G 2026-05-22 18:29|| 2026-05-22 18:29|| Front Page Top

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