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Because voter impersonation is mathematically the dumbest way to rig an election.

Chicago is famous for its history of people voting from the grave and for helping President John F. Kennedy "steal" the 1960 election. (JFK beat Richard Nixon by 9,000 votes in Illinois by capturing what some considered a suspiciously high 450,000 advantage in Cook County.)

Chicago And Rigged Elections? The History Is Even Crazier Than You've Heard

For one thing, there are a ton of old disused tunnels under Chicago. I'd imagine they're poorly annotated given that many of them were completed over a hundred years ago.

If they unexpectedly run into one of those water-filled tunnels, I'd imagine that would be pretty bad.

Plus it's Chicago, so there's going to be major costs of bribery. That goes on the surface of course, but I'm sure local government will work overtime on how to wring more money out boring under, then bill someone for that overtime.

To be useful, they need to do a study where police misconduct is rampant.

No, they just need a study where they can prove that all footage was recorded and processed. Can they turn off cameras?
What was the percentage of damaged recording (audio or video)?
Chicago Police Hid Mics, Destroyed Dashcams To Block Audio, Records Show

Democrats have a complete lock on your local government, that is quite a feat! Even Chicago usually has at least one Republican and at least one independent.

Even DuPage County Illinois, in suburban Chicago, used to be uniformly Republican. It was the home of disgraced Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, and the, locally, infamous Phillips brothers. Even DuPage county is no longer uniformly Republican.

Wherever you live must be ripe for corruption if the Dems have such a total lock on power. Anytime one party controls everything, government always becomes corrupted.

We all have this power. If someone says something racist to you at a bar, you can record him and publish it with his real name on the youtubes. But should you?

Where I live, videos of toxic people make the news regularly.

Man Charged After Racist Rant At Starbucks When Coffee Spilled On Him
After 'Racist' Rant At Michaels, Over $25,000 Raised For Berated Manager

We all have this power. If someone says something racist to you at a bar, you can record him and publish it with his real name on the youtubes. But should you?

Where I live, videos of toxic people make the news regularly.

Man Charged After Racist Rant At Starbucks When Coffee Spilled On Him
After 'Racist' Rant At Michaels, Over $25,000 Raised For Berated Manager

Your fake bolded insertions would make my real story into a fake story.

The TLC police force is totally legal in NYC, and operates as a special-purpose police force for taxi regulations. It has a long history of thuggish abuse:
http://nypost.com/2014/11/27/d...
https://www.dnainfo.com/new-yo...

The second link contains additional citations of its own.

You can't compare a piece of tin with a sensitive electronic device.

Even a fully ruggedized military-grade camera is still susceptible to various forms of damage or malfunction.
FFS, a drop of paint (or blood, or ketchup, or mud...) can make it completely useless as a video recording device.
Hell, turn it ever so slightly in a wrong direction and the recording is a useless shot of the sky or of the ground. Expose its sensor to a strong light and it's equally useless.
Even mounted on the head, so it records from police officer's angle of view, it can be knocked off. Particularly when the "perp" wants to knock it off on purpose.

Just because you can strap a camera on something doesn't mean it will work in 100% of cases.
Much more likely, most of them won't work properly.

A DNAinfo Chicago review of city records revealed the extended warranty on the city's original $12.5 million contract for COBAN dashcams (a contract that guaranteed keeping the in-car video systems in working order) expired in September 2012.

It's unclear whether the expired warranty contributed to what police called a "high number" of malfunctioning cameras, including many that fail to record audio.

Public records show Mayor Rahm Emanuel signed a new $1 million deal with COBAN to fix broken in-car systems on Dec. 3, 2014.
That was more than two years after the warranty expired and about six weeks after Laquan was killed.

Regardless of the reason why the camera was malfunctioning in the first place.

In that case, even "holding people accountable" and "hitting some officers and supervisors with formal reprimands and up-to-three-day suspensions" still only increased the number of end-of-shift uploads by 70%.
Not the quality of video (and sound) or the condition the cameras were in.

You can't compare a piece of tin with a sensitive electronic device.

Even a fully ruggedized military-grade camera is still susceptible to various forms of damage or malfunction.
FFS, a drop of paint (or blood, or ketchup, or mud...) can make it completely useless as a video recording device.
Hell, turn it ever so slightly in a wrong direction and the recording is a useless shot of the sky or of the ground. Expose its sensor to a strong light and it's equally useless.
Even mounted on the head, so it records from police officer's angle of view, it can be knocked off. Particularly when the "perp" wants to knock it off on purpose.

Just because you can strap a camera on something doesn't mean it will work in 100% of cases.
Much more likely, most of them won't work properly.

A DNAinfo Chicago review of city records revealed the extended warranty on the city's original $12.5 million contract for COBAN dashcams (a contract that guaranteed keeping the in-car video systems in working order) expired in September 2012.

It's unclear whether the expired warranty contributed to what police called a "high number" of malfunctioning cameras, including many that fail to record audio.

Public records show Mayor Rahm Emanuel signed a new $1 million deal with COBAN to fix broken in-car systems on Dec. 3, 2014.
That was more than two years after the warranty expired and about six weeks after Laquan was killed.

Regardless of the reason why the camera was malfunctioning in the first place.

In that case, even "holding people accountable" and "hitting some officers and supervisors with formal reprimands and up-to-three-day suspensions" still only increased the number of end-of-shift uploads by 70%.
Not the quality of video (and sound) or the condition the cameras were in.

He didn't say "highly segregated neighborhoods in NY". He said " the blackest black neighborhood in Chiraq", which I'm sure is a reference to Chicago.

If all you hire are white men you're only going to ever have the viewpoints of white men.

So you're telling me that all white men have the same viewpoints?

When people talk about diversity these days, they tend to be referring to someone's skin color and cultural background. They are generally not talking about a diversity of ideas or viewpoints.

When people talk about improving the diversity of an organization they're talking about meeting arbitrary racial quotas. That's why, for example, the City of Chicago has been promoting Hispanic fire fighters ahead of more qualified Caucasian candidates.

Latino Firefighters Bullied Into Taking Race-Based Promotions, They Say

In some towns, the issue is payment of local hotel taxes or the neighborhood impact of short-term renters coming and going. These considerations don't apply in a high-tax city with jammed traffic and all high-rise apartments where union rules already make building new apartments expensive. Just another example of protectionism for the already rich.

We're talking about a place where if you drive to the airport and drop off your wife at the curb, the taxicab police arrest you for cutting into their business:
https://www.dnainfo.com/new-yo...

We see it happening in America, too. Lately there have been a small number of cases of black youth violently attacking police officers, typically after being confronted for some crime these youth had committed, and then the police officers do the only reasonable thing and defend themselves using their guns. Not wanting to be falsely accused of being "racist" by the "social justice" supporters

The recent outrage is about police shooting unarmed black youths. In many cases, shooting them in the back.

Here's the video of the one in Chicago that everybody's upset about. As you can see, the teenager was shot in the back while running AWAY from the police. He was unarmed.
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicag...

Here's another one: the guy had a gun... but the police had already taken it away and had him face down on the ground. Then shot him when he was face down on the ground and unresisting:
http://www.courthousenews.com/...

And here's one where the video shows that they shot an unarmed man who was face down with his hands handcuffed behind him... then the video shows them planting a gun on him.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3367933/Shocking-video-shows-cops-planting-gun-shooting-handcuffed-man-23-dead-execution.html
http://www.alternet.org/civil-...

Or idiot cops that leave guns sitting on the trunk of their car or stolen from the vehicle ...

http://www.seattletimes.com/se...

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-yor...

Chicago has taken to promoting certain races over others in order to make their diversity numbers look "better".

"The Latino firefighters had each waived race-based promotions twice as a matter of personal pride and a surefire way to avoid serving under the stigma that they didn’t deserve the promotion on their own merit.

But when they got the third promotion offer, Cmdr. Monica Porter made it clear that if they turned it down again there wouldn’t be a next time, the firefighters, who all asked to remain anonymous, told DNAinfo.com."

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago...

you dont have to keep it local but recirculating money in your own location is better than shipping it to other areas.

You bet. EFF and the Chicago Food Depository are two at the top of my list, but we've also made a sizable donation to http://www.law-arts.org/ because they helped me out a lot on several occasions when I was just starting out. Also, the Chicago Justice Project, http://chicagojustice.org/ gets some dough because they're actually trying to do some good here. They're data wonks who are fighting to get more transparency in Chicago policing and the data that Chicago policing generates. Tracy Siska is a good dude that has been a constant source of aggravation for the past few Chicago mayors and police chiefs, and I like that.

Though the old girl and I donate close to 10% of our annual income, the biggest donations I make are of my own time. Last Saturday, I spent the day busting sod over at the Englewood Community Garden, where students from Lindblom Academy (a public school in Chicago's inner city) have designed and built a terrific big organic community garden to address the food desert issue in that neighborhood. http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago... . I'm unskilled labor when it comes to vegetable gardens though. The wife does a lot better.

Yes Robots ARE dangerous
  "The clothes make the man" - ancient fascist proverb

RIVER NORTH — Some of Chicago's yellow lights are too short, according to an administrative law judge who said he's thrown out "60 to 70 percent" of red-light camera tickets he's come across recently because of the discrepancy.

The city uses the state and federal standard of having yellow lights display for a minimum of three seconds at intersections. But an administrative law judge, who hears appeals from motorists ticketed by red-light cameras, said during a hearing this week that he has seen evidence that yellow times are slightly beneath that at some Chicago intersections with red-light cameras.

Over the objections of the city, Fagel was allowed to present his video evidence on two of the red-light tickets that he said showed yellow light times slightly under three seconds.

Judge Robert Sussman dismissed the two red-light camera tickets and then surprised the hearing room by saying the Department of Administrative Hearings was seeing a large volume of red-light camera violations that listed a yellow light time of under three seconds.

"We're having a big problem with these yellow lights," Sussman said. "Sixty to 70 percent are coming up under three seconds."

Sussman said he has routinely thrown out any ticket for which documentation shows the yellow light lasted less than three full seconds. And he said he will continue to do so until the timing is fixed.

Chicago just bought 20 electric garbage trucks for $13.4M over the next 5 years from Motiv Power Systems (adding to their fleet of 600).

With fixed 60-mile daily routes, it seems like garbage trucks are a pretty good match for the current state of battery technology.
I wonder why Wrightspeed is using a turbine as well? Motiv is making some PR hay out of the fact that their trucks for Chicago are the only all-electric ones in north america.

Are
you
sure?

You were too fucking stupid to spend the ten seconds on Google it would have taken to avoid outing yourself as the biggest retard on Slashdot. Again.

You desperately want to refute me, but you can't. Instead, you will tuck your tail between your legs and slink away in shame.

LOL. You must not live here, or be really obtuse.

First... the three seconds thing... nope, they aren't actually 3s. "somehow" they are slightly shorter:

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago...

Next... the "majority" of situations are, technically, illegal... but I'd take a lot more reservation than you do about "dangerous and inconsiderate". Nearly all the violations are right-hand-turn-on-red. It is .... uh... coincidental how many of the RLC-protected intersections have NTOR signs... and very seldom ever do they not. I suppose you could argue this is for "safety", but it is still very coincidental. Most of them are VERY easy intersections, where you can clearly see traffic coming with no complications whatsoever.

The whole RLC deal stinks. The speed cameras are worse. Yes, they may improve safety in some situations. But in the majority, it is a revenue grab.

I've had parking spots that I claimed (blinker was on!) stolen from me. I didn't call the cops.

Jamaica Man Killed in Gun Battle Over Parking Space

Miami Barber Shot, Killed Over Parking Spot

Man Sentenced in Shooting Over Parking Space

Man critically hurt in Gold Coast shooting over parking spot

People are insane. Never forget this.

A couple got fined — and had their car confiscated for over a week — because the Executive government (no Judiciary oversight) suspected the husband of being an unlicensed cabbie and the wife of being his fare.

It took them weeks to convince the authorities, they are, in fact, married and the husband was just dropping the wife off.

Now imagine the same couple being merely friends and the cop observing the money (a mere tip, not a payment — though I suspect, the distinction you are making is without difference) changing hands... They'd never convince anyone...

Or even your wife .

Sort of similar ..

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140227/central-harlem/man-arrested-after-sending-selfie-nypd-from-stolen-phone-officials-say

the most inhospitable places on earth are like paradise compared to mars.

I dunno, Mars was pretty balmy compared to Chicago the other day...

You haven't lived until you have a week of -20F/-28C, with perhaps the occasional dip to -30F/-34C, or even -40F/-40C.

Boiling water freezing in one second outdoors in Cold Norway

We'll leave polar extremes out of it for the moment, but will note that Chicago was just colder than the South Pole.

This one has everything -- video monitoring the streets too. (Contrary to vendor claims, the video hasn't prevented crime.) This sounds like one of those 1950s movies where, the next thing you know, the teenagers will be playing rock and roll and dancing. Don't worry, they don't do this to white kids.

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131115/crown-heights/police-want-cut-wi-fi-at-crown-heights-mcdonalds-prevent-crime

Police Want to Cut Wi-Fi at Crown Heights McDonald's to Prevent Crime
By Sonja Sharp on November 15, 2013 8:38am
DNAinfo

CROWN HEIGHTS — Phone thefts and teen brawls have gotten so bad at a Crown Heights McDonald's that police asked the management to turn off the Wi-Fi as a way of scattering the after-school crowds, DNAinfo New York has learned.

“We asked them to kill the Wi-Fi there from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. so it doesn’t become a hangout," Capt. Eddie Lott, commanding officer of the 77th Precinct, said of the McDonald's at Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway. ....

Why don't the geniuses at NYPD just put a pair of cops on
post at the location or is that just too easy for these idiots to figure out?

Welcome to the New "New York", just like the old New York but with a live video feed for film at the head of the 6oclock news.

This one has everything -- video monitoring the streets too. (Contrary to vendor claims, the video hasn't prevented crime.) This sounds like one of those 1950s movies where, the next thing you know, the teenagers will be playing rock and roll and dancing. Don't worry, they don't do this to white kids.

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131115/crown-heights/police-want-cut-wi-fi-at-crown-heights-mcdonalds-prevent-crime

Police Want to Cut Wi-Fi at Crown Heights McDonald's to Prevent Crime
By Sonja Sharp on November 15, 2013 8:38am
DNAinfo

CROWN HEIGHTS — Phone thefts and teen brawls have gotten so bad at a Crown Heights McDonald's that police asked the management to turn off the Wi-Fi as a way of scattering the after-school crowds, DNAinfo New York has learned.

“We asked them to kill the Wi-Fi there from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. so it doesn’t become a hangout," Capt. Eddie Lott, commanding officer of the 77th Precinct, said of the McDonald's at Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway. "That McDonald's is a big hangout for young people."

Lott said he had reached an agreement with the managers of the McDonald's to cut the Wi-Fi in the afternoons, but it was still going strong this week — and McDonald's corporate office said the company had not agreed to anything yet.

"As good corporate citizens, we are working with the police to ensure the safety of our customers," the company said in a statement, adding that that McDonald's has hired additional security.

"The police have presented many solutions, one of which includes turning off the Wi-Fi."

The 77th Precinct has seen a 19 percent jump in robberies so far this year compared to the previous year, coupled with a 10 percent increase in felony assaults, NYPD statistics show. Grand larcenies, which police said include many phone thefts, have spiked by nearly 30 percent.

The precinct did not release separate crime statistics for Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway.

While the intersection is far from the only problem spot in the neighborhood, police in both the 77th and the 71st precincts have repeatedly called it one of the most troubling. Earlier this fall, Lott put an NYPD SkyWatch tower at the intersection, videotaping 360 degrees 24 hours a day as both a deterrent and a way of catching suspects after crimes occur.

"That’s why we have the SkyWatch there — we want to prevent those things from happening," Lott told residents in September when asked about the large group fights that routinely break out on the corner, particularly on Fridays.

"Hopefully we can abate that and it won’t become the problem that it was the end of last school year."

Teens, too, say the fights and thefts there have become routine.

"It's very violent — people get chased, jumped, beat up," said Melissa, 16, a student at nearby Clara Barton High School.

"It'll be three girls, five boys, and then their friends jump in. A lot of people get their phones stolen here. People from other schools, if they see someone with a phone, they'll take it."

But while it may curb crime, regular customers like Devonte, 16, said they would be unhappy about losing wireless access in the McDonald's.

"The library's closed a lot, so I can't go there," Devonte said. "The Wi-Fi brings me here mostly.... It'd be kind of upsetting if they turned it off."

FamousandRich
a month ago
Why don't the geniuses at NYPD just put a pair of cops on post at the location or is that just too easy for these idiots to figure out?

There's an (in)famous taxi stand at 79th and York for Yellow Cabs that only take groups to Wall Street.

The private vans run the gamut from legit, licensed vehicles run by the local transit union (MTU), to illegal things (dollar vans) blaring reggae music - mostly in Queens and Brooklyn. On the Upper East Side, Marios is a big one. The protocol varies by neighborhood - York Avenue you can just show up and wait for a van. If you live around 2nd Ave, you need to reserve a spot. The new subway should alleviate that :)

They do:
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20100818/midtown/port-authority-raids-midtown-perfume-wholesaler-hawking-counterfeit-goods

That's just the first one that came up in Google. They do this all the time.
although, I'd argue this kind of raid is a heck of a lot more legitimate as they are actually ripping people off by selling them fake stuff.

I bet you think you're joking, eh?

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20111209/manhattan/iphone-mugger-near-columbia-doesnt-want-your-blackberry

In your ideal-driven world, every rule written in a book precisely maps to the real-world implementation of it, huh? Terry stops are never abused, right? cough http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/investigators&id=7382184 cough

And of course, police always listen to the letter of the law, right? cough http://www.dnainfo.com/20100427/manhattan/new-york-city-fined-for-enforcing-unconstitutional-loitering-laws cough

Get real man.