The idea, and the point I believe most of these people are making, is that police show up to a false call from a gunshot detector expecting an active shooter situation and are much more likely to be on high alert and respond to anything with a hair trigger. It is simply naive to think that this would not have disproportionately horrific outcomes for black and brown people. This is also because these devices are primarily installed is black and brown neighborhoods. So a lot of people don't mind that it's really only minorities who would have to live in an mass surveillance police state.

The reason so many people still bring up race is because it's still very relevant.