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Snackshack

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8. How is this legal?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri May 21, 2021, 04:25 PM

May 2021

This has so many way it can go wrong and virtually zero that it can go right. This will bring every George Zimmerman and Kyle Rittenhouse out of the woodwork thinking they are some sort of "citizens watch patrol" with one finger on the summon the vigilantes app button and the other hand on a gun... i misspoke earlier... this is going to (not can go) be bad if it is allowed to continue.

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Leaked Emails Show Crime App Citizen Is Testing On-Demand Security Force [View all] brooklynite May 2021 OP

What could go wrong? soothsayer May 2021 #1

All the risk with no "qualified immunity"? ExciteBike66 May 2021 #2

Well now they've ginned up the fear of every fraidy cat sitting by the "scanner" thinking the ... Hassin Bin Sober May 2021 #3

Lawyers might appreciate the new business bucolic_frolic May 2021 #4

This will add a new dimension to SWATting. DavidDvorkin May 2021 #5

If anything will lead to real armed conflict between Americans, this is it. n/t SpankMe May 2021 #6

I feel like they're testing the limitations of the gig economy... SKKY May 2021 #7

How is this legal? Snackshack May 2021 #8

The privatization of swatting. Marcuse May 2021 #9

Great idea! Every George Zimmerman Arger68 May 2021 #10

A very, very, very bad idea. paleotn May 2021 #11

Well, s'pose you were the poor bastid in Missouri, sitting in his backyard, him and his wife, 3Hotdogs May 2021 #12

Kzitizen Karen Kops uncle ray May 2021 #13

The Vigilante App Captain Zero May 2021 #14