What can cause squeaking from my brakes while driving but not while braking?

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I took off my front tire to look at my pads on that one. Well they look ok expect behind my rotor disk the brake pad looks kinda chipped and chopped up? Like its peeling funny and wearing on it weird? What could this be? Is this a caliper broken? What could be doing that to the brake pad from the other side of the rotor?

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