from technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to privacy@lemmy.ml on 11 Sep 17:54
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/53068278
San Francisco billionaire Chris Larsen once again has wielded his wallet to keep city residents under the eye of all-seeing police surveillance.
The San Francisco Police Commission, the Board of Supervisors, and Mayor Daniel Lurie have signed off on Larsen’s $9.4 million gift of a new Real-Time Investigations Center. The plan involves moving the city’s existing police tech hub from the public Hall of Justice not to the city’s brand-new police headquarters but instead to a sublet in the Financial District building of Ripple Labs, Larsen’s crypto-transfer company. Although the city reportedly won’t be paying for the space, the lease reportedly cost Ripple $2.3 million and will last until December 2026.
The deal will also include a $7.25 million gift from the San Francisco Police Community Foundation that Larsen created. Police foundations are semi-public fundraising arms of police departments that allow them to buy technology and gear that the city will not give them money for.
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Oh so Watch_Dogs 2 is a real thing? Now we just need a Marcus.
Fuck me I had to read the headline twice. This is unreal. Where’s my Tbone at
Thanks for the tax write-off “gift,” Chris, some of which comes back to your crypto company in the form of rent. Must be nice to be able to steer how government is run at no cost to you.