At one time I'd have
bet money that this use of technology could never have passed in
referendum, even if it was put to a vote which it was not. Now,
I'm not so sure. Yeah-yeah, I know. The people elected the
bureaucracy that enacted it . Here's a nice example of what passes for
critical thinking today. What was that quote about giving
government the means to enslave us, and then thanking them when they do?
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"In real time, it's just a great opportunity," said Ashland Police
Chief Scott Rohmer, whose department bought a plate reader last year.
"With the technology, it's just another tool to allow the officer to be
better at their job and process information faster."
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Even if Massachusetts wasn't a sanctuary state, finding and arresting
illegal aliens does not bring in revenue. Catching some poor
shlub who forgot to renew his license does. Does anyone doubt
that all of these— speed cams, traffic cams, manufacturer installed
trip monitors, license plate scans — are about tax revenue?
That's today. Tomorrow it will be finding enemies of the
state. That would be you and me, most likely.
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Evidently it doesn't even matter if there is a referendum, as long as the vote isn't "correct". Look what's going on in Houston.
ReplyDeleteThey voted redlight cameras out - but they can not be removed, no matter what the people say.
jd
Guerrilla warfare against the police state begins at sundown:
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Mark
NJ Barn Army National Guard
Remember...The police are YOUR FRIENDS!
ReplyDeleteIf your are not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.
The Police are YOUR FRIENDS.
Everything has been put in place, the government will take care of you. Don't resist, just submit.
(oh... keep fooling yourself in believing that someone with an "R" after their name actually gives a crap. Worry more about the birth certificate, cause that is soooo important with all the other crap they are doing.)
-Your anonymous friend.
I wonder if Jeremy Clarkson knows about them?
ReplyDeleteThe rigorous use of traffic laws to generate revenue for police agencies and municipalities is having unintended consequences. It in effect criminalizes the working populace of a mostly law abiding populace. In several counties the conservative populace has gone from pro-law enforcement to "I wouldn't piss on them if they were one fire." Law suits have been filed and hostility is open and growing. Some sheriff's are in line to lose their jobs and local intelligence to the police/deputies has been cut off. With people losing work they are in no mood for bullshit tickets.
ReplyDeleteOf course they are criminalizing the working populace... they are the ones they can get money from.
ReplyDeleteIt is estimated that each of us commits 3 federal felonies a day. That way they can hammer us any time we stick our heads up too high.
Freddie Sykes
They also use them to catch people with arrest warrants out.
ReplyDeletePolice have been punching license numbers into 10-key pads from inside cars since the late 1960's.