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Extending the Surveillance State During the Pandemic
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2020
by Anthony Accurso
published in Criminal Legal News
September, 2020, page 32
Filed under:
Racial Discrimination,
COVID-19,
Police State-Surveillance,
Warrantless Searches.
Locations:
Alabama,
Florida,
Massachusetts,
New York.
by Anthony W. Accurso
Police departments are using the coronavirus pandemic to expand their use of surveillance tools in the name of public health and safety. Privacy advocates are concerned about the encroachment of the carceral state on civil liberties, especially in predominantly Black and Brown communities.
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