New York Plans Surveillance Veil For Downtown

News.com is reporting that a security system modeled after London's "Ring of Steel" is coming to New York City. The plan, to include license plate readers and over 3,000 public and private security cameras, aims to aid officials in tracking and catching criminals. "But critics question the plan's efficacy and cost, as well as the implications of having such heavy surveillance over such a broad swath of the city. [...] The license plate readers would check the plates' numbers and send out alerts if suspect vehicles were detected. The city is already seeking state approval to charge drivers a fee to enter Manhattan below 86th Street, which would require the use of license plate readers. If the plan is approved, the police will most likely collect information from those readers too, Kelly said."

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Fucking Republicans...

[R2.0]

Bloomberg and his thieving Republican cronies...

Wait - he's not a Republican anymore? And he only changed to the Repubs to get elected in the first place?

Nevermind.

Re:Opaque Society

[fredrated]

Exactly

And consider an example that came up a couple of months ago in a Texas city, I think it was Austin. The police lobbied for cameras at intersections because 'if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear'.

Shortly after that, the police themselves started getting tickets for driving through intersections on red lights, when they weren't in persuit of an evil dooer. Boy did they scream like stuck pigs!

New York City Sucks...

[morari]

It sucks without Big Brother and it'll suck more with. Any big city does though. If you want privacy and a life free from all encompassing zoning laws and such, move out into the country. We can paint our houses whatever color we want and the air is better for us anyway.