A machine has learnt to say that it was afraid for its life over a Black kid having a gun that he didn't have and that didn't exist:
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A machine has learnt to say that it was afraid for its life over a Black kid having a gun that he didn't have and that didn't exist:
According to NBC affiliate WBAL-TV 11, a teenager who entered his high school’s campus through an automated security system had a crumpled-up bag of chips in his pocket. The system appears to have flagged the bag as a weapon, the outlet writes. The boy in question, Taki Allen, says that, following his football practice, he was sitting outside the school with a group of his friends when a large band of police officers showed up.
“It was like eight cop cars that came pulling up for us. At first, I didn’t know where they were going until they started walking toward me with guns, talking about, ‘Get on the ground,’ and I was like, ‘What?'” Allen told WBAL-TV 11 News.
“They made me get on my knees, put my hands behind my back, and cuffed me,” the teen added. “Then, they searched me, and they figured out I had nothing. Then, they went over to where I was standing and found a bag of chips on the floor.”
When asked what he was thinking about as the ordeal unfolded, Allen replied: “It was mainly like, am I gonna die? Are they going to kill me? They showed me the picture, said that looks like a gun, I said, ‘no, it’s chips.’”
Maybe the news should have mentioned the names of the Patriarchy's minions who made all the stupid and dangerous decisions here, and left the child anonymous.
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