Coatesville Dems: Coatesville’s not on the BuzzFeed list of police with Clearview AI facial recognition software. Other Chester County PDs are on the list. Coatesville cops talk to citizens & citizens talk to Coatesville cops to know who is who. It’s community policing.

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I believe an unlikely mix of alleged drug trafficking related politicos and alleged white nationalist related politicos united to elect the infamous “Bloc of Four” in the abysmal voter turnout election of 2005. During their four year term the drug business was good again and white nationalists used Coatesville as an example on white supremacist websites like “Stormfront”. Strong community organization and support from law enforcement, in particular Chester County District Attorney Joseph W. Carroll has begun to turn our community around. The Chester County drug trafficking that I believe centers on Coatesville continues and I believe we still have public officials in place that profit from the drug sales. But the people here are amazing and continue to work against the odds to make Coatesville a good place to live.

"Clearview AI has created a powerful facial recognition tool and marketed it to police departments and government agencies. The company has never disclosed the entities that have used its facial recognition software, but a confidential source provided BuzzFeed News with data that appeared to be a list of agencies and companies whose employees have tried or used its technology."

Coatesville’s not on the BuzzFeed list of Police with Clearview AI facial recognition software. Caln & several other Chester County PDs are on the list. Coatesville police talk to citizens & citizens talk to Coatesville police to know who is who. It’s called community policing.

The City of Coatesville Police Department is an excellent example of “community policing.” "As the officer stepped onto the porch, continuing with the verbal commands, the subject said "no" and pointed a black semi-automatic handgun at the officer's chest…

Community policing, the only effective form of policing, is well established at the City of Coatesville Police Department. We can learn from Brett Parson. "A Conversation w/ LGBTQ Unit Pioneer, Retired DC Police Officer Brett Parson About Police Reform

Your Local Police Department Might Have Used This Facial Recognition Tool To Surveil You. Find Out Here.

Search through BuzzFeed News’ database to find out if the police department in your community is among the hundreds of taxpayer-funded entities that used Clearview AI’s facial recognition.

Ryan Mac

Posted on April 6, 2021, at 9:04 a.m. ET