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I'd be the first to condemn police brutality but for the expensive property they have in the police department's jurisdiction, Facebook paying what amounts to elective taxes in order to improve security seems totally reasonable.

As someone who does not use Facebook and considers it deeply flawed, nothing presented in the article should cause alarm and it only seems like a misguided attempt to discredit the company.

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Kinda agree. In the end police will bend backwards to protect business activity. So in a way it makes sense to protect a business with tens of thousands of employees, but FB shouldn't be setting the PD agenda.

Police departments exist to protect property. Every wealthy individual or large business sets the PD's agenda by design.

In order for less-wealthy people to effect the agenda, they can vote or protest but these are significantly less direct than the influence that property ownership provides.

I'm not saying this is good but that it's just the way it is.

I wish the article provided an analysis of different models for maintaining order but the article seems more about causing outrage than finding a solution.

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