If it’s become a systemic problem, calling the officers “rogue” is an exercise in gaslighting.
Just a few rogue apples
They didn’t need to ‘turn it’ into anything; it was designed from the get go to be a nationwide tool for stalking and mass surveillance.
Exactly. And the implication that this shit is otherwise benevolent just pisses me right the fuck off.
It’s a bug until it becomes a feature to target the ever shrinking circle our nascent fascism rejects.
‘Rogue officers’ is doinf a LOT of heavy lifting
How completely normal cops used a nationwide tool for stalking as a tool for stalking
Ftfy
No part of this is in any way unexpected
Who could have ever foreseen this? /s
“a few bad apples” and “rogue officers” are the “boys will be boys” of law enforcement apologism.
