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Lego instructs California police department to stop using Lego heads to mask identities of suspects

www.foxnews.com Lego instructs California police department to stop using Lego heads to mask identities of suspects

The Murrieta Police Department has reportedly been told to stop digitally adding Lego heads onto photos of suspects, according to a recent report.

And Finally... @feddit.uk Lego instructs California police department to stop using Lego heads to mask identities of suspects

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This is dystopian.

"We are currently exploring other methods to continue publishing our content in a way that is engaging and interesting to our followers."

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- See! We are fun! Plz ignore the dead black children around the corner k? <3
  
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- I recently watched the movie Running Man, and your quote reminded me that in the movie they have court appointed agents instead of attorneys, lol.
  
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  You might like Rollerball
  
  Haven't seen either in a long time but you reminded me of it
  
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- “We are currently exploring other methods to continue publishing our content in a way that is engaging and interesting to our followers.”
  
  WTF is wrong with police? W the actual F is wrong with them? I swear they think their mandate is "harm the folks we arrest as much as the law will possibly allow, both physically and emotionally."
  
  What kind of person thinks this is how you treat pictures of human beings in your custody? What kind of person finds this defensible? These are human beings who may have broken some laws, but who are still human beings. Your job is to apprehend them, not to make their life worse in any other way, cops. They don't become valid objects of your mockery in some official capacity because you arrested them.
  
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Gross. Can we not link Fox "News" stories, please? If you have to reference them, use an archive... They have been and continue to be an active opponent of Democracy. That's not an exaggeration. They also argued in court that no reasonable *person would believe their coverage, so... free pass?

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- It's just one branch of Murdoch's press. By that logic, they should all be banned as they are all the same group just targeting different demographics..
  
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  I'm on board with that. (Not really, just maybe try to find a better source I'd think, but then I'm not someone who posts news stuff.)
  
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  Not-fun fact: The Times is also owned by News Corp.
  
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- +1
  
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- Can we not just ban news orgs cos they have beleifs u dont like. For discussion to take place u need a varied source of opinions and points of view.
  
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  Don't "both sides" this as a dispute about political minutiae. Fox has successfully argued, in court and under oath, that no reasonable person should take them seriously. They've stated on their own recognizance that they are not, in fact, a news organization. Based on that alone, their use in matters of fact is extremely suspect.
  
  And that's before you even get to the fact (not opinion or belief) that some of their most reasonable pundits actively advocate for the suspension of rule of law in the case of the former president. They don't have "beliefs I don't like," they have formal positions that are fundamentally opposed to what it means to be a news organization in the United States.
  
  The fact that two news organizations cater to people on opposite sides of the political divide does not necessarily mean that the truth is "somewhere in the middle." If someone refers to the sky as "azure" and their opponent says that it's actually "powder blue," that's one thing; reality may well be within that discussion set. But if someone says that the sky is azure, and their opponent says that it's orange, the truth is not that the sky is actually magenta.
  
  And the fact that an opinion or point of view is expressed does not mean that it needs to be entertained for the sake of valid debate. Just because a mentally ill person is shouting about his belief that all redheads are demons who should be forcibly imprisoned doesn't mean you need to include him in your decision about what to have for lunch.
  
  The way that people of ill will and bad faith get their arguments heard is by presenting them as reasonably equivalent to the other arguments being made. You are under no obligation to entertain their nonsense.
  
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  If you want fake news, you can go to The Onion. If you want misinformation, Fox News.
  
  Both with sometimes have real news.
  
  But for real discussion, it should probably start with a reliable news source.
  
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  Fox news has won court cases on the premise that they are entertainment not news, and that no one should take them seriously. Sooo...
  
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  Shit like this is why rightwingers should all be in insane asylums.
  
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  Frankly I'd prefer if "news" orgs not have beliefs even if I do agree with them. I wish it was just all facts no spin.
  
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What the fuck.

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Here I was thinking about how Lego would probably instruct police not to use their product to hide suspect identities and I was right. No family friendly product/brand wants their stuff being used by the police for obvious reasons.

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How hard is it to use the generic ass emojis?

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- 🫏
  
  The donkey is the closest there is to an ass emoji.
  
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Next up, will The Register have to stop using Playmobil to illustrate news stories?

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- Almighty rumpus in Swedish lesbian enclave
  
  I wasnt sure what I was going to click on, but whoever made that thumbnail deserves a gift card
  
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  This is true Internet history. I'm glad to have been made aware of this random, weird story.
  
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It was number one, officer. Just look at him.

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How about not putting them on television or in news releases in the first place? Maybe let them have privacy until they're charged and/or convicted? How about that?

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emojis obviously

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...they're going to make a deal with Roblox now, aren't they?

Some poor guy, hunched over on the ground, getting brutally beaten by the cops and the cam footage shows him going "gedakadootendatendaJoe, I've been married a long time ago" with the default Roblox face and headbob animations.

"Your honour, look at this footage and tell me that it isn't hilarious. You can't. The defence rests."

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- GTA synergies seem strongest
  
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I understand it’s important to protect your brand identity but it’s even more sad that a toy company doesn’t understand the value of “just having a little fun”.

Corporations really seem to exist entirely to suck the joy out of life.

Edit: Yes, we agree that ACAB, and frankly they shouldn’t publicize enforcement information at all. This was intended to be a general statement on IP law rather than law enforcement.

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- This was intended to be a general statement on IP law rather than law enforcement.
  
  This is exactly the kind of shit IP law should be used for. It's one thing when Disney goes after murals at kindergartens. It's another thing entirely when something like a police force publicly associates your IP with their actions.
  
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  I feel like it shouldn’t be IP law that stops this, but rather human rights laws. Those aren’t robust enough in the United States yet. Obviously the company will use what tools are available to them.
  
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- no. fuck the police.
  
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- Publicizing arrests is not a little fun, it stokes fear of crime in the community disproportionate to the actual rate of crime, while also shaming minorities and poor whites at the same time. It is used to get the public behind tough on crime bullshit which never targets wealthy white collar criminals.
  
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  "We have a little fun. Now bow down to the unwavering authority we have to shoot you"
  
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- The LEGO group has always been protective of their brand and nervous about being associated with potentially violent content, turning down a partnership with the Halo games because of that. For years, they didn't want to make grey bricks because they were afraid kids would use them to build tanks. All this to say, this seems pretty on brand for the LEGO group.
  
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  For years, they didn’t want to make grey bricks because they were afraid kids would use them to build tanks.
  
  Which years were those? I remember the "Classic Space" sets going all the way back to the '70s had plenty of gray bricks.
  
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- Fuck off with that shit. ACAB
  
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- Haha police are so quirky and fun, I love it when they flashbang babies in cribs, shoot the dog, and murder innocent people in their homes! What wholesome fun!
  
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- I'm gonna stand with LEGO on this one.
  
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- Not to dunk on you, but maybe that extreme would convince you it's a little bit wrong?
  
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  The reason the police department is wrong is not because they’re using LEGO (trademark infringement), it’s wrong because criminals shouldn’t be reduced to “engaging social media content”.
  
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- "Just having a little fun"? How stupid can you be?
  
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