Because you don't need a cop harassing you and violating your rights if you didn't do anything wrong. You don't need to give police any help in finding something that you MIGHT be doing wrong that they didn't have in the first place. Because keeping me safe doesn't mean treating me like a suspect.

So you are ok with cops throwing you in jail for having no ID when not having ID is not illegal?

Tell me you’re white without telling me you’re white. 

Did your state have a law requiring people present ID to police when asked? I remember, a long time ago, during driver’s ed in Cali that we were required to keep it on us at all times by law then found out that was a lie. 

Because you “look like a suspect.”

Wessler said it’s unclear what real policing advantage law enforcement hopes to gain by using facial recognition at a traffic stop. In that situation, police already have the authority to ask a driver for their driver’s license

Sweetie, hate to tell you this, but that was no compromise. You were completely in their control. 

I assume on a practical level it will boil down to:

I agree this is the wisest approach. Don’t refuse the request or appear uncooperative physically. But don’t hesitate to ask the officer if that is a violation of your rights, and record that entire exchange if possible. And then, if they collect your biometrics, sue the piss out of the department for 4th Amendment…

My dad was arrested for “verbally objecting calmly.” Fuck the police, fuck the police unions protecting them, and fuck the idea that anything other than complete submission is going to appease a cop on a power trip.

You’d think the people who are all about their right to not wear masks or whatever would be right on board with that. I have heard the inverse conspiracy theory in earnest though, that masks are being pushed because it helps train the algorithms to recognize faces even when partially obscured. It’s all a bit looney.

You should verbally object, state you think your rights are being violated AND comply. Record as well if you know it’s legal in your State. (I’m not entirely sure it’s a blanket “right” in every state, though. I could have sworn some States protect police in insane ways from it).

I’ve been trying to start a conspiracy theory that the anti-mask movement was driven by the deep state, as masks can thwart the regime’s facial recognition technology.

And see here I thought full-conspiracy Bradford would have been all in on an opportunity to attribute malice when it may not have been present.

You’re assigning the action to the department. It sounds like the flyer was designed with one URL for everyone, but some printed them with the MAGA address.

Hashtag Not All Police

We have plenty of police, (and their representatives,) making excuse after excuse for shoddy, incomplete, and straight-up BAD police work.

Loads of research over many decades including interviewing concentration camp survivors as well as Hitler youth. As a country, there is a serious Fascist movement here.

Yeah there is, late fees. 

Mistakes happen, sure. What is frustrating to me, (and more telling,) is to deny all responsibility despite the police office themselves producing their own incorrect versions.