471. Breaking the Leviathan

This Machine Kills by This Machine Kills

Aug 22, 202601:47:41Technology

We take a deep dive into New York’s police-surveillance infrastructure, a sprawling leviathan that Mayor Zohran Mamdani was outspoken against during his campaign, but has now inherited and is even warming up to as his ad...

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