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Comment by john_strinlai | Hacker News Reader

im not sure why they would even bother with the cameras at that point.

This is no different than any other law enforcement agency in the USA historically - it’s a curated source of positive PR that they get taxpayers to fund - it’s never used willingly as a source of truth when law enforcement is in the wrong.

> im not sure why they would even bother with the cameras at that point.

Lots of data to feed into their Palantir systems to keep track of l̵a̵w̵f̵u̵l̵ ̵p̵r̵o̵t̵e̵s̵t̵o̵r̵s̵ terrorists.

>Lots of data to feed into their Palatir systems

i didnt think of that, actually, and facial recognition training and such actually sounds like a pretty plausible reason.

Accountability theatre, quite literally.

It says why in the article... to make them look better by only releasing positive videos.

right, i read the article, and i disagree that selectively releasing "positive" videos would make them look better.

They don't care what you think. You're not their target audience.

yes, i am aware, thanks.

(that's why i wrote my opinion on a message board, instead of a letter addressed to the director of ice)

They don't want to shake the support of moderates who are already part of their coalition and aren't paying that much attention. Those people won't notice the selectivity, even if they hear about it in passing, as long as they're not constantly confronted with it directly.

Accompanied by childish memes, Bible quotes and the music of artists that loathe them.

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