Portland, OR hits bottom, keeps digging

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This is unreal - their government is pandering to the rioters. From CNN:

Portland passes broadest facial recognition ban in the US
The city of Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday banned the use of facial-recognition technology by city departments — including local police — as well as public-facing businesses such as stores, restaurants and hotels.

Portland joins a growing number of places in the United States, such as San Francisco, Oakland, and Boston, that have outlawed city use of the surveillance technology, which is meant to identify a person from an image of their face. But its decision to prevent both local government and businesses from employing the technology appears to be the most sweeping ban yet by an individual city.

So... They are not only banning its use by the police department, they are also banning private citizens from using this technology. This is the one tool that allows the police to come back later and identify the perpetrators. A bit more:

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler expressed these worries, along with the concern that facial-recognition technology could be used to surveil protestors. Protests have been ongoing in the city since the death of George Floyd in late May.

"Technology exists to make our lives easier, not for public and private entities to use as a weapon against the very citizens they serve and accommodate," he said.

Wheeler is an idiot. The technology exists to keep the citizens safe from violence. Use it. They have had 90 days of riots in the city. Family owned businesses have been destroyed. People are leaving. Time to grow a pair and put an end to this. They could have shut the riots down in under one week if they wanted to.

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