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> I hate hate hate to suggest it, but maybe maybe maybe governments should post their data to some kind of a blockchain the future.

Except that not all government data should be public. Maybe this database should have been (but it was not), but "making things public" is not a general solution.

> So petty loser censorial fascist pieces of shit don't get to delete history like this.

I don't think this "deletes history." It looks like this was just a compilation of existing records.

FBI crime statistics that certain groups of people like to post as evidence are all voluntary data some police departments give themselves. A full database of data that isn't voluntary about the police doing the reporting was an invaluable start.

You can simply put it on a web site (and maybe sign it) so that everybody can mirror and archive the data.

The blockchain is irrelevant here.

Propublica would make a good home for such a database.

> blockchain

part of the reason they've chosen this strategy is because the tools we have are laughably inadequate to protect democracy. please don't give them more fuel.