The New York Times > National > Chicago Moving to 'Smart' Surveillance Cameras
Quotes in this story that I love/fear...
Mayor Daly: "Cameras are the equivalent of hundreds of sets of eyes, They're the next best thing to having police officers stationed at every potential trouble spot."
Executive Director of Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communications: "The value we gain in public safety far outweighs any perception by the community that this is Big Brother who's watching."
Mayor Daley: "We're not inside your home or your business. The city owns the sidewalks. We own the streets and we own the alleys."
The New York Times > National > Chicago Moving to 'Smart' Surveillance Cameras: "Sophisticated new computer programs will immediately alert the police whenever anyone viewed by any of the cameras placed at buildings and other structures considered terrorist targets wanders aimlessly in circles, lingers outside a public building, pulls a car onto the shoulder of a highway, or leaves a package and walks away from it. Images of those people will be highlighted in color at the city's central monitoring station, allowing dispatchers to send police officers to the scene immediately."
My curiosity is exactly how these cameras would have helped stop two planes from flying into the World Trade Center. Or stop a walking suicide bomber for that matter. Or a pickup truck filled with explosives. We seem to just want to make changes in order to act like we're doing something instead of examine the underlying reasons for why we are being attacked. And as David Cross said: "I don't think Osama bin Laden sent those planes in to attack us because he hated our freedom. I think he did it because of our support for Israel and our ties with the Saudi family and all our military bases in Saudi Arabia. Y'know why I think that? Because that's what he fucking said!"
Mayor Daly: "Cameras are the equivalent of hundreds of sets of eyes, They're the next best thing to having police officers stationed at every potential trouble spot."
Executive Director of Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communications: "The value we gain in public safety far outweighs any perception by the community that this is Big Brother who's watching."
Mayor Daley: "We're not inside your home or your business. The city owns the sidewalks. We own the streets and we own the alleys."
The New York Times > National > Chicago Moving to 'Smart' Surveillance Cameras: "Sophisticated new computer programs will immediately alert the police whenever anyone viewed by any of the cameras placed at buildings and other structures considered terrorist targets wanders aimlessly in circles, lingers outside a public building, pulls a car onto the shoulder of a highway, or leaves a package and walks away from it. Images of those people will be highlighted in color at the city's central monitoring station, allowing dispatchers to send police officers to the scene immediately."
My curiosity is exactly how these cameras would have helped stop two planes from flying into the World Trade Center. Or stop a walking suicide bomber for that matter. Or a pickup truck filled with explosives. We seem to just want to make changes in order to act like we're doing something instead of examine the underlying reasons for why we are being attacked. And as David Cross said: "I don't think Osama bin Laden sent those planes in to attack us because he hated our freedom. I think he did it because of our support for Israel and our ties with the Saudi family and all our military bases in Saudi Arabia. Y'know why I think that? Because that's what he fucking said!"
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