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@drekelley2352
December 19, 2024 at 5:19 pm
why don’t they spend that money on fixing the problem.
@goddammitboi
December 19, 2024 at 5:19 pm
I see no problem with this…
@grahamschmidt444
December 19, 2024 at 5:24 pm
I wondered what that thing was at my local bus stop.
@cvue009
December 19, 2024 at 5:37 pm
And this is bad why?
@francinebacone1455
December 19, 2024 at 5:38 pm
hooooleeee phlock, the ADs on this sheet. 🙁
@AbigayleFall-sp3wt
December 19, 2024 at 5:39 pm
WELL! 😵💫
@rescuegirl
December 19, 2024 at 5:48 pm
Who cares? If there’s a gunshot in a densely populated area, then police need to check the location. This is common sense! This has absolutely nothing to do with racism or socioeconomic status.
@SIMONK479
December 19, 2024 at 6:19 pm
Communities of colour. Colour doesn’t matter at alll. If an area has lots of crime police need to stop it. If there was a neighbourhood where everyone was orange but crime was high then it’s not racial it’s just a fact
@user-ih7gc7dt9l
December 19, 2024 at 6:26 pm
Seems like they are located correctly.
@AkoTheElite
December 19, 2024 at 6:28 pm
I dont see the problem, its a smart system
@byrne1916
December 19, 2024 at 6:29 pm
This and the Epstein island are fantastic examples of journalism. Excellent 👌🏻
@swptrace41
December 19, 2024 at 6:33 pm
My muscle car had bad timing before I fixed it, bad sparks too… thing back fired so hard it blew the mufflers. Now, why did they phase out gas guzzlers? mm juicy right? ; )
@TheKingOfInappropriateComments
December 19, 2024 at 6:46 pm
Do Flock cameras next, thanks.
@Critical-Thinker895
December 19, 2024 at 7:04 pm
Maybe areas with people of color have more gun incidents?? Now they want you to shut it down because they don’t want to get caught.
@unitedhybrid187
December 19, 2024 at 7:08 pm
Not all of them are shown. They have them in Columbus, GA too. I’ve seen them around the “bad” neighborhoods.
@adstix
December 19, 2024 at 7:12 pm
Have they reduced the incidence of gun violence?
@Luzgar
December 19, 2024 at 7:15 pm
Dear YouTube, can we have a feature to block commenting until the video was watched in full ?
Would be really useful sometime.
(This applies to everybody, not just the other mean and dumb side.)
@deadwright534
December 19, 2024 at 7:16 pm
This is just more evidence that darker neighborhoods have more crime, we don’t need a AI computer to tell us that, look into the prison system tells you all you need to know
@Luzgar
December 19, 2024 at 7:19 pm
All the installation, processing and decision-making is done by a private company?
Just selling hardware is no longer profitable enough.
@RikodiusRex
December 19, 2024 at 7:20 pm
Would it be funny if you went up with like a speaker and played gunshots and then started recording like “are you alone alone in the house?”
“I want to know who I’m looking at ”
“What’s your favorite scary movie?”
@deadwright534
December 19, 2024 at 7:24 pm
One more reason to keep gun suppressors out of the people’s hands, if it works i don’t see a problem, if it doesn’t well waist of money
@Luzgar
December 19, 2024 at 7:30 pm
So this is both outstanding journalism and a misleading waste of time. That does not add up.
Don’t judge a video based on how well it aligns with your personal beliefs.
@mybachhertzbaud3074
December 19, 2024 at 8:08 pm
The only one that made any sense to me was the setup in Africa.
Unless an elephant passing gas would sound like a gunshot.🤔
@hyperion1170
December 19, 2024 at 8:12 pm
Um, these were never secret lol
@edcew8236
December 19, 2024 at 8:13 pm
Over-policing is bias? Get real
@mattiasthorslund6467
December 20, 2024 at 3:48 am
Seems to me the actual problem is police. Detecting gun shots seems like a good thing when it helps police respond quicker to an ongoing situation. But when there’s no ongoing incident, the police should not be allowed to use the report as an excuse to go fishing.
@kingnateoh
December 20, 2024 at 4:08 am
They pick up shots, how is that bias lol. Dont shoot up your neighbourhood and there’s no problem 😂
@yecto1332
December 20, 2024 at 4:20 am
Free country 😂😂😂
@C_C-
December 20, 2024 at 4:38 am
We need to call a constitutional convention and enshrine a *right to privacy* immediately.
@Hexnilium
December 20, 2024 at 11:49 am
LOL
@Vhasemzini
December 20, 2024 at 5:05 am
Crazy because instead of spending money in communities and in forcing actual gun laws, the American policing would rather target and harass people. A*C*A*B doing it’s thing
@DjinHolloway
December 20, 2024 at 5:10 am
You guys keep talking about crypto, but is it worth the risk? I decided to put $100 into Elizzarda, a legit company, and now I’m pulling 0.5% every day. Way more stable and predictable
@michaellewis7905
December 20, 2024 at 5:27 am
Youve linked a lengthy article that claims to show locations, but no locations. Is this video even legit?
@KuboF
December 20, 2024 at 5:58 am
As Don Beck, author of Spiral Dynamics Integral, put it eloquently, it is not about color of skin, but about color of value system. Developmental psychology provides great insights into this.
@valleyshrew
December 20, 2024 at 7:19 am
A system that is helping save minority lives is bad cos some of the sensors are broken? What kind of logic is that?
@shaneintegra
December 20, 2024 at 7:33 am
you should go to those areas and spend the night in tents and hang out with the local night life there. would be cool to see you guys out there showing everyone why they dont need those sensors
💀😅
@carrito1981
December 20, 2024 at 8:31 am
These can get triggered by TV shows like Bosch
@tyler2980
December 20, 2024 at 9:52 am
This piece would have been more interesting if they could have obtained and shared data on successful arrests/prosecutions….. not on the poor Quality assurance processes. Did the tech provider tell the various municipalities they have OOS equipment that needed a tech to repair? Or was it the providers fault somehow? Lots more questions than answers.
@dalusa81
December 20, 2024 at 10:29 am
wow GREAT story! thank you!
@Khepri721
December 20, 2024 at 11:03 am
Well wouldn’t lower income areas be more likely to use firearms?
@PrograError
December 20, 2024 at 1:58 pm
Why would they when they can barely earn a day’s living? Unless it’s a gang-tified area…
@Mohojo
December 20, 2024 at 11:30 am
Did you check if the areas where those are places are areas with high gun crime or activity? I would like to see that data.
@daledevernon56
December 20, 2024 at 11:57 am
Seems like a pretty good idea and the reality is that poorer Communities have more crime, so what’s the issue..
@scottieapplseed
December 20, 2024 at 1:22 pm
Great idea if it was evenly distributed, and then the data collected was fed back into itself to constantly refine and take the noise out so instead of solving one specific problem, it helps with all problems related to this issue by providing actual data to combat biases.
@bitshtannicajohnson6957
December 20, 2024 at 1:26 pm
*Police use this sound detection equipment in NJ to tell who just left a White Castle after eating 10 or more burgers*
@Qyvrr
December 20, 2024 at 2:36 pm
Hello wired i believe i got scammed out at least 400€ i need your guys help to get my money back
@o0hotoko0o
December 20, 2024 at 2:43 pm
Soooooo it just encourages fear/anger, false arrests, and wastes resources. Got it.
@DVD927
December 20, 2024 at 2:53 pm
I like this technology
@matthewjay660
December 20, 2024 at 3:17 pm
As of today, 12/20/24, Houston is scheduled to not re-new “Snot”Spotter as of January 2027.
@iwatchyoutube523
December 20, 2024 at 6:18 pm
Hopefully they can get out of the contract sooner.
@Micheal.Espinola
December 20, 2024 at 6:04 pm
@wired, I’m not seeing a link to the dataset in the article
@umakemerandy3669
December 20, 2024 at 6:39 pm
5:06 lol causation.. correlation.. hmm
@jorgeeporgee
December 20, 2024 at 8:09 pm
ban fireworks? can they ban balloons (being popped) though?
@Citizenvelo
December 21, 2024 at 10:32 am
This guy is what 2000’s hacker movies aspired to be
@__-xy9gx
December 21, 2024 at 10:56 am
Moar data/surveillance state vids! Moar epstein reveals!
@nukingjapanwasok6265
December 21, 2024 at 10:58 am
The reason why these sensors are located in communities of color is because that’s where a lot of crime gets committed.
@RIGeek.
December 21, 2024 at 11:09 am
This is one of those ‘chicken or egg’ paradoxes. What came first, the over-policing and microphones or the statistics of crime and shootings showed the need? With the implementation of these systems you do have to accept that the statistics post-implementation would show an increase in those crimes due to the automatic reporting of the incidents. No longer relying on nearby people and/or a patrolling officer to put in a report. I think these systems should be in all cities, no matter the color or creed.
@futureprimitive7465
December 21, 2024 at 11:30 am
Biased? Wrong.
@d.b.1176
December 21, 2024 at 11:33 am
Ridiculous video
@SeanReigle
December 21, 2024 at 11:51 am
Take a shot every time he says leaked. 😅
@avantgauche
December 21, 2024 at 11:51 am
this just puts the public in danger
@Grassgrassgras
December 21, 2024 at 6:32 pm
how ?
@captzoom1778
December 21, 2024 at 1:18 pm
Why would they have a problem with it during those neighborhoods cuz those neighborhoods are a problem with gunfire play people are idiots why wouldn’t they want that in their neighborhood so they catch these people so there isn’t more gunfire I can’t believe that anybody would have a problem with this at all
@MikeRLloyd73
December 21, 2024 at 2:11 pm
You’d think rich people would want it in their neighborhood
@jacobKC3MRA
December 21, 2024 at 2:18 pm
Yeah that’s not a secret at all. Everyone here knows about them. Maybe it’s different other places.
@shazzb1170
December 21, 2024 at 2:20 pm
It’s a chicken and an egg. What came first, the sensors or the communities? They said in the article, Police provide statistics for the crime, which is false. Any crime statistic is based on what is reported. Not the actual number of crimes that occur. They use data to determine the location or if they are in high-risk areas such as hospitals and government departments. Call me crazy, but if I was there and was shot, I’d be more than happy to be laying on the ground bleeding, knowing that EMS was on its way because the sensor detected the shots. Time is critical for saving lives. I hope someone heard the gunshot and called 911 to have a sensor that is audited and working and calls 911 every time. I know which one I prefer if I or my loved ones are injured and waiting for help. Sorry but this is actually about saving lives and not about privacy. If a person is that worried about their privacy then don’t use any technology.
@KeithCooper-Albuquerque
December 21, 2024 at 3:06 pm
Outstanding reporting!
@am74343
December 21, 2024 at 3:16 pm
Statistically, more guns are shot in… low-income areas. Statistically, more guns are shot in… areas where there are more crimes, more drugs, and violence. None of this should be a surprise. So why would it be surprising, then, to place these microphones directly in those areas?
@207522
December 21, 2024 at 3:45 pm
5:26 That’s not “20/22” that’s 2022. Wtf?
@Grassgrassgras
December 21, 2024 at 6:31 pm
yeah ?
@ardentvibe6917
December 21, 2024 at 3:48 pm
Critics of this program want one simple thing; as slow as possible EMS/Police response times in black communities. The placement of these devices is indifferent to the color of the skin of the population, and solely based on where the most violent crime happens. To raise a racial stance on this topic is a form of racism, – as in doing so you are clearly inadvertently admitting that black people are more violent than white people, and that they don’t deserve to have the police stop active shooters in their communities.
That, or maybe the people raising the racial issue are the ones committing these violent crimes.
@jaxamilius5237
December 21, 2024 at 3:54 pm
i do not understand why this is an issue? you said in the beginning that police would hand all the data where shots were fired and the company goes and put up the devices. what is the problem? if these areas happen to be with a lot of minorities then is that not a good thing? i am also a person of colour and i would welcome this in my neighborhood! as long as all the devices are functioning properly ofcourse
@Grassgrassgras
December 21, 2024 at 6:31 pm
fr i’m not black but i’ve had a lot of people i was mates with get stabbed to death (in england) and i don’t understand why anyone would be against monitoring… we ain’t trynna let anyone get away with murdering people
@danny12-j9r
December 21, 2024 at 4:58 pm
Are Shots potter’s really needed ? If one hears gunshots , they call police.
@ostias
December 21, 2024 at 4:59 pm
police just do their job like everyone else. if u don’t have real crimes
You grab the broom and pretend to clean something.
@drumset09
December 21, 2024 at 6:58 pm
I understand things like shot spotter being put on buildings like the FBI buildings, and capital buildings.
@heyman23233
December 21, 2024 at 6:59 pm
Shot spotter needed to be implemented before the pre-COVID madness! It does its job very well. If you don’t like this sensors in these locations, move to a third world country where you will live a reckless & lawless life.
@primate3609
December 21, 2024 at 7:01 pm
Oooohh cartel politicians don’t want shot sensors on their crib, and they are using the legit privacy concerns of misinformed community members to rally againts them, what a surprise!! Then you got greedy contractors paywalling maintenance and inflating cheap equipment, incompetent bureaucrats who know sh*t about anything taking advantage of the racism wave…. if anything they can help low income people to stop killing each other
@chikendeepfry666
December 21, 2024 at 7:25 pm
If this dude is saying that they install them based off data, then he just proved low income areas ate the places that need it most 🤷🏿♂️
@vinchetti_spaghetti
December 21, 2024 at 7:50 pm
Albuquerque needs to triple the amount that they have.
@Chopwoodcarrywater
December 21, 2024 at 8:01 pm
That was good reporting up until y’all played the race card. It’s widely understood blacks are more violent that others. Therefore, it only makes sense to target black areas for gunshot detectors. Hey, a few innocent folks might caught up in the mix but that’s the price for a free society. That’s right. The rule of law is the most important ingredient of the prosperous world in which we live.
@ash-yr5xt
December 22, 2024 at 9:29 am
The United States will anything to prevent the shooting of innocent people but will never ban on firearms
@vibesmom
December 22, 2024 at 9:50 am
These are in my town and we voted for them. Everyone knows they don’t stop gun violence, but they do allow for a much faster response. Everyone is quite aware of where they are. It’s not so secret. The cops in my town aren’t screwing around with BS that doesn’t matter. There’s too much going on for them to pick up people at random.
@Hiboyboy123
December 22, 2024 at 9:51 am
And yet when I tell my city I hear a gunshot, I get told all i heard was a firework. (I know what they sound like against fireworks, backfiring, etc due to violent places I have lived in previously.)
@ericmc6482
December 22, 2024 at 10:00 am
Harley riders be pranking those microphones 😅
@STRANGExDAYSx
December 22, 2024 at 11:45 am
These are all over Colorado springs including the rich areas
@yossi7988
December 22, 2024 at 12:12 pm
This is the most race baiting video I’ve seen today. By not listing crime statistics along with where they’re located, and just listing census data. It’s extremely disingenuous.
@jonagostini
December 22, 2024 at 12:12 pm
Old story new data
@Viralsmells
December 22, 2024 at 12:41 pm
These honestly just seem like a waste of government funds.
@GMIX1
December 22, 2024 at 1:45 pm
Why aren’t they in schools where they’re really needed now days.
@madscientistlife
December 22, 2024 at 1:56 pm
There are some folks out there cold as the devil’s toenails.
Whlie I don’t trust the government, it is still likely a good Idea for those spotter things to be out there.
@MichaelWolf940
December 22, 2024 at 2:07 pm
Keep your big republican government out of my freedom 🇺🇸🇺🇸
@jonathanburns7746
December 22, 2024 at 2:19 pm
We got them in jacksonville fl
@garybarnes4169
December 22, 2024 at 2:35 pm
How sad that you need such a thing.
In the UK, such a thing would be inconceivable.
@Co0olname.
December 22, 2024 at 2:50 pm
Not sure what youre complaining about… you can play the race card all you want but its almost 2025, and you forgot to mention that they’re only issued to areas with high gun crime violations & areas of sensative security.
@AGoodJoe
December 22, 2024 at 5:10 pm
Boy, Ohio has a lot of these
@Juicefpv
December 22, 2024 at 5:21 pm
Maybe the communities complaining about this tech clean up their own areas. They are only putting up systems like this because of gun crime, is is not causing the gun crime.
@murdockscott
December 22, 2024 at 6:41 pm
I wish there was a fair solution. I can see how this tech can be misused but I am so very tired of random gunfire in my neighborhood. Every time it happens, my family freezes in place hoping a stray bullet won’t hit one of us. We call the police fully understanding that it’s likely to do nothing. Reasonable gun regulation should be the starting point, but gun lobbies in America have convinced so many people that even the slightest change is unacceptable. It feels like tech COULD help if it was used fairly and with serious limitations… but again, people will always find a way to use it in a corrupt way to bolster their own agendas. It is seriously disappointing.
@RancheroFiveO
December 22, 2024 at 7:04 pm
Terribly one sided article. I would suggest that a better version would include the examples of when the system worked and the actual success to failure ratio. You didn’t even expand on your vague mention of where the system is used in Africa. Very disappointing.
@lloydlego6088
December 22, 2024 at 7:11 pm
This is like arguing against beating children. We have mics that pick up the distressed cries of children. And people are arguing that a racial group that historically abuses children is being targeted, when they are just putting the mics where children are more likely to be harmed. Yeah we don’t want you to know when our criminals are shooting each other.
@lloydlego6088
December 22, 2024 at 7:12 pm
They arrested a guy who had a warrant for him. Those monsters
@lloydlego6088
December 22, 2024 at 7:18 pm
So 97% working devices in the area?
@jfez1206
December 22, 2024 at 7:20 pm
89% they didn’t find anything… That means 11% of the time they did.
Not efficient but can help.
IMO nothing to do with race.
@bobjohnson1389
December 22, 2024 at 7:29 pm
Back the blue till it happens to you!
@comfortablynumb9342
December 22, 2024 at 8:15 pm
What else do those microphones pick up? I’d be surprised if they can’t hear conversations a block away.
@GlitchyFPV
December 22, 2024 at 8:26 pm
Always wondered what these were, presumed it was residential 5G.
@snivesz32
December 22, 2024 at 8:34 pm
These devices detect gun shots. Even if you distributed them equally, the detections only occur where gun shots occur.
Who would complain about this? Do you want us to take them out and replace them with officers instead?
@BicycleFunk
December 22, 2024 at 9:02 pm
If anyone is wondering about the point off Africa in the ocean, that is point that hasn’t had its coordinates entered.
@ozark1981
December 22, 2024 at 11:04 pm
So poor areas are mad that police show up for shootings?? I mean the FBI stats show that a certain demographic has 1/6 the gun ownership, but many times higher gun deaths than the group that has the most guns. I say the police should go on strike for a month and let things fall apart.
@Oligophreniac
December 23, 2024 at 1:43 am
If they can get the tech to accurately discriminate between gunshots and other sounds, being able to locate gunshots quickly would obviously be good.
@sideshowbob8220
December 23, 2024 at 6:59 am
Big surprise
@Frohicky1
December 23, 2024 at 7:28 am
Today we’re discussing [insert literally any topic] and how it affects neighbourhoods of colour.
@STARSIXTYNINE
December 23, 2024 at 9:15 am
Theyre probably picking up these wanna be race car drivers, smashing in the busy cities on slow speed streets. Dodge chargers and challangers stock annoyingly loud cars for no reason.
@phipsy6941
December 23, 2024 at 9:36 am
This is a good thing. All these people protesting it are black and its just statistics that there is more violence among blacks and hispanics.
@RespectfullyCurious
December 23, 2024 at 11:56 am
The video makes a number of statements that convolute the argument. Each point on its own has merits and resolutions that most people can agree on. Throwing them all together to distort the objective reality just leads to more pointing of fingers than valuable and positive discourse.
@teeconsigliano7631
December 23, 2024 at 12:27 pm
Enough race baiting and phony class consciousness. In Oakland, we’re not worried about shotspotters, we’re worried about getting shot. It would be a lot more helpful to research the political connections that support criminals in US cities than this woke BS.
@ZacchaeusNifong
December 23, 2024 at 12:48 pm
So more crime occurs in POC neighborhoods. Yet they made this into a racial thing. I don’t get it.
@JakeSDN
December 23, 2024 at 1:23 pm
Your map is missing a lot of sensors, and I have seen Shot Spotter save lives, when someone was shot and no one reported it. Gun violence does not tend to happen in rich areas, the areas Shot Spotter is in are usually not considered the best areas of those cities. Shot Spotter did not make them that way.
@dantequick8678
December 23, 2024 at 1:47 pm
My stock in 3D printers have gone up since they installed these, what’s the problem.
Something a G would say……..
@nauman187
December 23, 2024 at 2:50 pm
Why you didnt showed correlation of gunviolance reported areas vs mike placement. That could also tell a better story
@cdre6747
December 23, 2024 at 3:17 pm
Wtf
@amber7591
December 23, 2024 at 4:13 pm
What about all the license plate cameras they put everywhere now
@OpenRoader
December 23, 2024 at 4:38 pm
These microphones triangulate the location where gun shots happen in real time allowing for a faster police deployment with the goal of catching the people discharging these weapons. Naturally they will be deployed to locations where gun shots happen more frequently. How the police use that information could be suspect depending on who is running the department and what their motives are. But, if the neighborhoods that are experiencing high levels of gun discharging are being monitored more than other neighborhoods, that’s not a failure of the monitoring system, that’s a failure of the people living in those neighborhoods.
@rzvrzv9894
December 23, 2024 at 6:22 pm
Why are all of these devices in black neighborhoods? Probably because blacks represent 13% of the US population but are responsible for 60% of the crime. It’s amazing how many things make sense if you start using your brain. You guys should try it.
@danndank
December 23, 2024 at 6:30 pm
Gunshot detecting microphones installed in places where gunshots occur. The HORROR!
@matthewboyd8689
December 23, 2024 at 6:45 pm
So, it’s basically Call Of Duty base radar
@fh5926
December 23, 2024 at 7:57 pm
I sure hope they turn those things off for the 4th of July.
@scottbradentx
December 23, 2024 at 8:24 pm
link to the map?
@michaeljohndennis2231
December 24, 2024 at 10:49 am
I suspect it goes way beyond gunshots to other forms of covert surveillance
@dibyendugoswami-l7r
December 26, 2024 at 12:12 am
If it can pick up sounds, sure it will be used for surveillance. All countries spy on their citizens especially large ones. China does it publicly that’s why there’s so much noise about it. While other countries do it covertly. But everyone does.
@AEiOU.official
December 24, 2024 at 11:00 am
in germany theres similar new boxes ontop of lamps etc as well and they werent there anytime before, people will instantly say yahh conspiracyidiot like always, but if its a microphone its a microphone, not just for gunshots, something like that doesnt exist xD why people believe they cant be listened too whenever they want is top tier copium addiction xd and i bet theres alot more hidden all across haha once they start feeling comftable doing it they go all in , observable since ever and everywhere anywhere
@stevecagle2317
December 24, 2024 at 2:01 pm
Your correlation of mics to race is likely flawed. I believe data will show that Shotspotter places their mics using data on actual gun crime locations and not because they’re targeting minorities. It is likely as it is in my city, that a very large percentage of gun crimes occur in places with concentrations of minorities.
You call out “over policing” yet in my city of Indianapolis, when gun crimes occur and media interview locals, community activists, concerned clergy, among the things they plead for is that people put the guns down and settle their differences without violence and another is MORE police presence not less as you suggest.
The bias of this report is pretty transparent. Shotspotter’s service may not be worth it because of inop sensors, errors in IDing suspected gunshots locations, or slow notifications to police, but I’m skeptical the service is targeting minorities directly.
@evanelledev7237
December 24, 2024 at 2:25 pm
I see no issue with this system. They are placed in areas known to have gun violence. Its not like it selectively listens to who fires the guns. It’s based on statistics.
@IanNachtigall
December 24, 2024 at 6:55 pm
Wanna drive those mics wild? Get a metal sports whistle with a cork ball and go to town. It is what they use to calibrate those mics.
@hgfhfghfghfg755
December 24, 2024 at 8:56 pm
I bet the feds are going to start using thoses microphones to start listening to people.
@mysteryY2K
December 26, 2024 at 7:09 pm
why would they do that when we all carry mics in our pockets?
@miapup1012
December 24, 2024 at 10:00 pm
Please don’t cut out the part of the article because you don’t like it. These reports should be compared to other areas. If they hear it in black communities are you suggesting they should forget it? I don’t care for state surveillance…this is the minimum of what Edward Snowden reported.
@iamHereToMotivateYou
December 25, 2024 at 3:41 am
After this video these sensors wont be seen in the hoods 😅
@SpeedBrain666
December 25, 2024 at 6:09 am
Am I one of them… I am a Australien 😂
@M9IN0G
December 25, 2024 at 6:18 am
In the US, everything will be made a business model, instead of addressing the root causes.
@InvestWithFFI
December 25, 2024 at 3:19 pm
This is spot on!!
@johnking975
December 25, 2024 at 9:02 am
Most other races don’t shoot each other! It’s mostly black people. That is why the microphones are there! They wouldn’t go off in non black area! 🤦♂️ liberals have got to be the stupidest people on the planet!
@laulaja-7186
December 25, 2024 at 2:37 pm
So inquiring minds wanna know… You hold a yard party and everybody watches a war movie together, with the sound cranked up nice and loud. How likely is it you set off the neighbourhood shot spotter system?
@GazongasUniversity
December 25, 2024 at 4:11 pm
Fish where the fish are…
@unknOwN-nv9nu
December 25, 2024 at 4:48 pm
Well stop shotting people if u care about your people. Lol over policing, yeah what do you think. We should let chaos ensue. The left is starting to sound illogical. Honestly. California tried to show love and peace. Complete opposite happened.
@V8DV
December 25, 2024 at 5:41 pm
The map doesn’t show enough detail though. It lists uci and long beach as the same area. We need closer area points
@DavidBerserkDJ
December 25, 2024 at 9:08 pm
So here’s my question with all these recordings what actually or who actually is going to be placed in the prisons and the jails now?
@avidschemer
December 26, 2024 at 1:05 am
eagle eye
@shanet7511
December 26, 2024 at 9:05 am
If these microphones are in the black ghettos, then not only should they feel safer for having police there to deter crime and help catch criminals, but the microphones are right where they need to be.
@chuckzamzow
December 26, 2024 at 12:06 pm
Law enforcement spends all of their time gaslighting people/situations – to the point it actually makes them look silly.
@flowerbombjones
December 26, 2024 at 12:28 pm
I’d like the link or document to these leaked sensors. I did already know about these before, but I would like to know more.
@flowerbombjones
December 26, 2024 at 12:29 pm
🙌🏽
@KILLKING110
December 26, 2024 at 2:04 pm
When communities refuse to cooperate with police when criminals are running wild the cops have to get creative in order to fight the criminals that bring harm to the community
@Cavario_the_mind_plug
December 26, 2024 at 3:24 pm
I reported on shot spotter microphones in 2001-2002 in my first magazine, DonDiva.
@TheRealMACA
December 26, 2024 at 5:13 pm
7:21 way to go!
@JohnSmith-td7hd
December 26, 2024 at 5:37 pm
There are shot spotters where there are black people, therefore racism? It doesn’t follow.
@GermanSausagesAreTheWurst
December 26, 2024 at 5:48 pm
It’s another Grift, just like those security devices at the air-ports and the bomb “detectors” that were sold to the Army.
It’s not about solving crimes; it’s about making money selling devices and filling prisons.
Money. That’s all it’s about. Money.
@lt8607
December 26, 2024 at 8:36 pm
What was the point of this video 📷
@gtleshow
December 26, 2024 at 10:26 pm
Wow, this is both fascinating and terrifying.
@robumf
December 27, 2024 at 5:55 am
In Minneapolis, they was not secret. Or at least not hidden.
@Muench13
December 27, 2024 at 10:28 am
Your headline makes it sound like we are living in 1984, with secret police listening in to private conversations through hidden microphones.
In reality these microphones are used to triangulate gunshots, enabling first responders to react more quickly, instead of having to wait for some to MAYBE call 911.
I subscribed because I liked your interviews, but I’m unsubscribing because of stuff like this. Hopefully others follow. Let’s see what that does to your engagement numbers.
@someguy9778
December 27, 2024 at 1:10 pm
Checked the map…Pretty sure lapd used to use these microphones…I guess the city ended the contract long ago.
@jasonreinhardt3819
December 27, 2024 at 1:44 pm
It’s a tool that is used to manipulate data information to skew statistics!
With unreliable info for real crime but aids in the hard sell of gun violence and to disarm citizens and take your rights buy peddling fear 💯
@Quantaeum777
December 27, 2024 at 3:11 pm
perfect for stopping illegal hunting though
@iamgawd6969
December 27, 2024 at 3:25 pm
Unpopular opinion the reason there are gunshot microphones around a lot of communities of color is because communities of color tend to do more crime
@el_deplorablede_tejas1394
December 27, 2024 at 5:06 pm
With all these listening devices and camera’s EVERYWHERE.
We’re Slaves on a Plantation, inmates in 1 big open air Prison.
@jerseyjoyride1316
December 27, 2024 at 7:26 pm
My breakdown of this is that these are mostly found in neighborhoods with a high concentration of African-American and Hispanic citizens.
But that is because that’s where most of the gun violence is happening which makes sense for product placement.
However it does not sound like these are a reliable source for sending officers out, as they are too unreliable in both detecting the gunshots and actually discerning which ones are gunshots.
Seems like this is a multi-million dollar contract that’s wasting our taxpayer dollars.
Maybe a good concept but not something that we can actually rely on now.
@ntoms
December 27, 2024 at 8:17 pm
Humans make the world difficult for other humans
@JamesMeyn
December 27, 2024 at 9:20 pm
Did you ever think about the fact that POC commit more gun crimes than whites? Meaning, a higher need for these devices. Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for cutting Government spending. So, if citizens of a place don’t want a device that assists police in protecting them, in their neighborhood, then don’t spend the money. Let them police themselves.
@Enoch1012
December 28, 2024 at 11:08 am
I want this in my town. Not a bad thing at all