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The DEA Once Touted Body Cameras for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them. (www.propublica.org)

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An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the agency made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order. But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies are still requiring body cameras.

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This one's always extra weird to me. Why do the wealthy elites always go after drugs so hard when we all know they do more drugs than anyone?

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

They need excuses to throw people in prison for slave labor. Drugs are something most people enjoy, so the state illegalizes as many as it can for max efficacy.

[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

Keeping a portion of the people to be ~~slaves~~ in debt