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posted by: inkspector (reply) post date: 12.22.06 (11:37 am) On TV crime shows, they look at camera footage for proof or alibis but they are always looking for something in particular for evidence. We also see closed caption footage on the nightly news. Police use cameras in their cruisers. Certain images are used against a law breaker in court as evidence. This clearly processes cases faster since there is no argument the guilty party can present as defense and get off clean. I even saw police using closed circuit cameras watching street corners and if someone is doing something wrong, they have a PA system that they page the offenders on. ("Man in red coat, pick up your trash."). This was on the news also. It seems to be everywhere, even in gated communities at the entrance or hotel entrances and lobbies and stores. In some ways, it is good, and in other ways, it is not so good. I am not so sure what to think, only time will tell. Society has more flaws than ever in this day and age. posted by: sjmclean (reply) post date: 12.22.06 (12:00 pm) Cameras whose video tapes would go public should be well visible and have a notice attached stating what their purpose is ... posted by: tfruge1 (reply) post date: 12.22.06 (12:58 pm) Reply to: sjmclean I like your idea. I would to be guarenteed that these cameras are really being used for their intended purpose. I'm not a huge fan of big brother at all. posted by: tfruge1 (reply) post date: 12.22.06 (1:00 pm) Reply to: inkspector It is very sketchy there Ink. I don't like the idea of big brother watch us. It is very scary. In this day and age, there is an endless number of possibilities of what the government can do and I think they need restraints in order to protect us, the people. posted by: commontater (reply) post date: 12.23.06 (6:31 pm) I think this is just another example of law enforcement crossing the line. Why are we being surveilled 24/7 at a time when our own .gov can't even "find" OsamaBeenAllowedToLiveTooLong or round up megacrooks like Marc Rich? Common sense tells me "they" are looking for the wrong guys - which is "us" - and "they" can dispute my notion all the want to. I don't pay much attention to what TPTB "say" - I watch what they "do" and alot has been done over the last 5-6 years to put the clamps on "us" Americans. In case no one has noticed, our LEO's and congressional lawmakers are looking at "us" as the criminal these days. We're no longer their "fellow Americans" and it's a crying shame few people see it for what it is - seizing more and more power and expanding their territory and authority. How did this happen? Yesterday I learned our newly enthrowned we-want-more-transparency Pelosi is taking an axe to C-SPAN's congressional coverage. Talk about starting her new "more ethical and open" .government on the wrong foot. Looks to me like the "honeymoon" is over. Get voted in, campaign promises out. Say one thing, do the opposite. They want us to get used to seeing people rounded up and taken away, somewhere, where you can't call a lawyer or your family to tell them of your detention, and you can be "held" for indefinte amounts of time. The higher-ups get to put you or your once-upon-a-time-guaranteed-innocent-until-proven-guilty neighbor's mug shot on any kind of video stream and a bazillion people rat you out, not realizing the-powers-that-be are using this technique to ferret out dissenters, which is, in all honesty, someone whose point-of-view differs from the-powers-that-be. For shame! We Americans need to band together and say "enough is enough" to those who are constantly getting in our faces and ferreting us out for questioning, detention, whatEVer. We are hard-working, decent Americans who pay their bills with our tax money. We Americans are smarter than this, this, ratting out fellow Americans especially now that the "probable cause" part of our rights has been thrown out. We should be standing up together against this on-coming tide of unjust surveillance. Most people don't really think about what "freedom" means. Or what our "rights" happen to be. It means we have the *right* to be *left alone* - to not be bothered by the law in our own homes and cars and regarding our personal property and our papers. AAAACCCKKKKKK!! Don't get me started! Fruge, it isn't my intention to hijack your thread. I just think alot of things are tied together, alot of unAmerican policies are coming together that will affect all of us - if we don't put our foot down *now*. (/rant off) Thank you for indulging me, my fellow Americans :) PuC posted by: 69whisper (reply) post date: 12.25.06 (9:52 am) Merry Christmas, have a wonderful time :) posted by: sebastianjoshua (reply) post date: 12.25.06 (7:50 pm) pro and cons here... pro when it can help police to catch a notorius criminal BUT become cons when 'big brother' starting to invade your privacy... ... and a happy new year posted by: commontater (reply) post date: 12.26.06 (12:00 am) Best wishes for a wonderful holiday, Fruge! posted by: unmutual (reply) post date: 12.28.06 (7:50 am) what does youtube have to do with this? surveillance cameras are being used for the exact purpose people purchase them for; security. I don't see a problem with police using *ANY* footage from *ANY* camera when crimes are involved. When crimes are committed, it's against the public, therefor any resources that can be used in catching the criminal must be taken. Kudos for the police for being innovative. Sounds like your beef is about surveillance in general. |
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