I'm not sure if this is one of those situations I chose to "not understand" or if I legitimately had no real idea that it was happening. Shocking, but not surprising. Imagine if Congress passed legislation regarding search and seizure that states could use when drafting local laws......
The "panopticon" concept has been imagined, used, and refined since it was first conceived by Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century: as a design for a new prison architecture.....
"Minority Report" is but one instance of the concept being used in fiction/science fiction media; The "Person of Interest" TV series is another (Love "Harold Finch!)
Maybe we only have to wonder whether this use of ALPR is simply one more instance of real-life technology [finally] catching up with the power of the human imagination?
Sanctuary jurisdictions are protecting future voters and their own political power. Sanctuary jurisdictions are losing population hence losing political power so they want to maximize paying and protecting illegal
So now the left regrets Flock cameras like the right regrets the Patriot Act. Surveillance technology improves constantly, and total surveillance seems inevitable. "Minority Report" is just around the corner.
Mixing metaphors a little, let's not look a dead horse in the mouth! Experience in the UK has shown that surveillance systems are a primary component of socialist totalitarianism - the literal Big Brother from 1984. If privacy is the basis for this precedent, then let's make it inadmissable to use video from these cameras in court for everyone, and subject all of the remaining cameras to a 6 hour erasure, with no web access.
Unless the federal government starts suing these city's officials with federal obstruction of justice and charging individuals with felony interference/intimidation of federal officials we'll get nowhere. Until then, let sanctuary cities provide sanctuary for all criminals, regardless of status. Let them rot.
Great points. If Iβd known this system even existed Iβd probably have asked how we the people were going to be protected from such intrusions. Disgusting.
The initial introduction was as speed cameras at least 40 years ago. Initially there was serious pushback by residents, but elected councils slowly but surely implemented them responding to serious lobbying for the cameras by the companies.
This just proves once again that people who come here breaking entry laws are treated more respectfully than a person with a US birth certificate and no criminal record. Why do the sanctuary cities raise law breakers to super citizen status while neglecting the desires of the average city dweller?
That surveillance is WAY larger than most people want to admit. Everything those FLOCK cameras gather except car data is also gathered by your cell phone, and anyone can buy that data.... including the government, without any sort of warrant.
One can only imagine how different things would be if these sanctuary cities had cooperated ONLY on criminals in custody and those illegals with final removal orders. Millions of immigrants wouldnβt be afraid, civil order wouldnβt have broken down, and Trump would living full time in Fla trying to qual for the PGA Senior Tour.
Let us not forget Marthaβs Vineyard where fifty Venezuelan illegals landed in chartered planes unexpectedly and were subsequently removed thirty-six hours later by bus. They were flown to the island under the auspices of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The governorβs confusion is understandable. Residents self-declared Marthaβs Vineyard as a βsanctuary siteβ and yard signs said: βHate Has No Place Hereβ and βAll Are Welcome.β However, they were only welcome until they actually arrived.
I learn something new from your posts all the time. Thank you!
I'm not sure if this is one of those situations I chose to "not understand" or if I legitimately had no real idea that it was happening. Shocking, but not surprising. Imagine if Congress passed legislation regarding search and seizure that states could use when drafting local laws......
This is more than journalism, itβs intelligent insight
There are two primary hallmarks of leftists. First, hypocrisy and secondly, contradiction. Both reveal their insanity.
The "panopticon" concept has been imagined, used, and refined since it was first conceived by Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century: as a design for a new prison architecture.....
"Minority Report" is but one instance of the concept being used in fiction/science fiction media; The "Person of Interest" TV series is another (Love "Harold Finch!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon
Maybe we only have to wonder whether this use of ALPR is simply one more instance of real-life technology [finally] catching up with the power of the human imagination?
YES. Thanks for exposing the hypocrisy, which is just enormous.
Wow. Unbelievable surveillance and hypocrisy.
Sanctuary jurisdictions are protecting future voters and their own political power. Sanctuary jurisdictions are losing population hence losing political power so they want to maximize paying and protecting illegal
Immigrants so they donβt lose political power.
So now the left regrets Flock cameras like the right regrets the Patriot Act. Surveillance technology improves constantly, and total surveillance seems inevitable. "Minority Report" is just around the corner.
Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated.
Mixing metaphors a little, let's not look a dead horse in the mouth! Experience in the UK has shown that surveillance systems are a primary component of socialist totalitarianism - the literal Big Brother from 1984. If privacy is the basis for this precedent, then let's make it inadmissable to use video from these cameras in court for everyone, and subject all of the remaining cameras to a 6 hour erasure, with no web access.
Unless the federal government starts suing these city's officials with federal obstruction of justice and charging individuals with felony interference/intimidation of federal officials we'll get nowhere. Until then, let sanctuary cities provide sanctuary for all criminals, regardless of status. Let them rot.
Great points. If Iβd known this system even existed Iβd probably have asked how we the people were going to be protected from such intrusions. Disgusting.
The initial introduction was as speed cameras at least 40 years ago. Initially there was serious pushback by residents, but elected councils slowly but surely implemented them responding to serious lobbying for the cameras by the companies.
Speed cameras have been around that long? Wow. I had no idea. Insidious.
This just proves once again that people who come here breaking entry laws are treated more respectfully than a person with a US birth certificate and no criminal record. Why do the sanctuary cities raise law breakers to super citizen status while neglecting the desires of the average city dweller?
That surveillance is WAY larger than most people want to admit. Everything those FLOCK cameras gather except car data is also gathered by your cell phone, and anyone can buy that data.... including the government, without any sort of warrant.
One can only imagine how different things would be if these sanctuary cities had cooperated ONLY on criminals in custody and those illegals with final removal orders. Millions of immigrants wouldnβt be afraid, civil order wouldnβt have broken down, and Trump would living full time in Fla trying to qual for the PGA Senior Tour.
Let us not forget Marthaβs Vineyard where fifty Venezuelan illegals landed in chartered planes unexpectedly and were subsequently removed thirty-six hours later by bus. They were flown to the island under the auspices of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The governorβs confusion is understandable. Residents self-declared Marthaβs Vineyard as a βsanctuary siteβ and yard signs said: βHate Has No Place Hereβ and βAll Are Welcome.β However, they were only welcome until they actually arrived.