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Predictive Policing Can Reduce Racial Discrimination in Law Enforcement

By Pete MainsĀ  In 2020, Santa Cruz, California banned predictive policing and facial recognition technology to the applause of civil liberties groups like the ACLU, NAACP and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Facial recognition technology is invasive, and the case against it rests on moral rather than technical grounds. Predictive policing, less widely understood, simply…