Supreme Court rules for 83-year-old woman forced to kneel at gunpoint by police

https://boingboing.net/2023/12/11/supreme-court-rules-for-83-year-old-woman-forced-to-kneel-at-gunpoint-by-police.html

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8 Comments

minnieo@kbin.social · 43 pts · 2y (3 replies)

these ai article images are so lazy and immediately make me question the article source's credibility. i associate ai thumbnails with bait youtubers

mosiacmango@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Boingboing.net is an OG blog that used to be really solid. Cory doctorow user to be a daily writer there, i think along with 4 of his friends.

No idea if its still solid, but its slashdot/fark levels of old school.

spoon00@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Cory is out. Find him at https://pluralistic.net/ now.

mosiacmango@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y

Yeah I took a look at the masthead and saw that.

Whatever the reasons, I'm glad hes still writing up a storm, and that coining "enshittifaction" has got some eyes back on him.

Sharpiemarker@feddit.de · 22 pts · 2y (1 reply)

AI generated article thumbnail? Shit gets weirder every day.

Kata1yst@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y

The woman's hands are nightmare fuel.

ForestOrca@kbin.social · 11 pts · 2y

"... lawyer said his client had been "terrified, humiliated, and emotionally traumatized. That conduct was not reasonable; it was extraordinarily dangerous and flatly inconsistent with the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on excessive force."

Maeve@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y

It’s probably because their aging and afraid they’ll be pulled and detained.