Article: "What I've Learned from Two Years Collecting Data on Police Killings"

[alcibiades_mystery]

http://gawker.com/what-ive-learned-from-two-years-collecting-data-on-poli-1625472836

The biggest thing I've taken away from this project is something I'll never be able to prove, but I'm convinced to my core: The lack of such a database is intentional. No government—not the federal government, and not the thousands of municipalities that give their police forces license to use deadly force—wants you to know how many people it kills and why.

So much for the "Big Data Revolution." Or rather, what we learn is that "big data" is already cut through with a state and corporate power, and that the Data Utopians needs to check that as they make their claims.

[The Magistrate]

1. It Is Incredible, Sir

One would think such information would be routinely compiled and readily available to the public....

[PDJane]

2. They must know everything about you.....but.

They will lie, hide, obfuscate, and generally dismiss their own actions.

[redwitch]

3. Breathtaking.nt