Wednesday 07-15-15

Are Private Companies Color Coding Your House For Law Enforcement?

 Anthony Freda Illustration* By Amanda Warren

People have this false idea of police incompetence. Just the opposite is true - in fact, as I keep saying, it is the training that directs their actions, not the lack thereof. In the last 15 years or so, law enforcement duties have coincided with militarized training, no-hesitation shooting tactics, other higher-up governmental departments and information/surveillance networks. Funding for such surveillance networks and militarized equipment keeps pouring in despite the media finally being allowed to criticize it, but with no real demands for change. Did you know that private companies are getting in on the action by providing state of the art surveillance technology to provide to law enforcement in real time? How would you feel to know that you, and in particular, your home address had been painted with a broad stroke brush - a single color that could determine guilt by association? One investigative writer asks - is this the modern version of the Star of David on the door of Jewish people? Toledo, Ohio has been somewhat of a testing ground for surveillance and militarized police training. My information of "real time crime centers" first arrived after reading about Toledo's new roll out of street cameras - a total infestation of surveillance. The residents and business owners did not appreciate having cameras aimed at them, but the city went with it anyway. This was when I first read about the private company providing the product also providing real-time 24/7 management from a different state. Now, the market for such Big Brother gear is growing and the trend is spreading. It goes like this: federal grants allow for local law enforcement to contract with private companies offering product lines to fight crime and watch for "pre-crime." The companies encourage departments to get grants or get private funds to get the goods. These companies often offer 24-hour real time help remotely from a distance.

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http://www.activistpost.com/2015/07/are-private-companies-color-coding-your.html

Good news for a change at least for New Yorkers

The other shoe drops

 

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From Cuomo spokeman Richard Azzopardi:

“… “This simply acknowledges what has been said previously — the ammunition sales database will not be prematurely introduced until the technology is ready and it does not create an undue burden for business owners,” said Azzopardi.  The memorandum states that the database will be ”suspended” until funding and technology to operate it become available …”

From Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie:

“… “I did not participate in this ‘agreement,'” Heastie, a Democrat, said in a statement. “The law may not be ‘suspended’ by a memorandum such as this. I believe the law should be followed and implemented as intended.” …”

http://www.gunpoliticsny.com/?p=11660

Can You Say Ironic?

The Washington Post ran a story yesterday regarding Hillary Clinton's new push for gun control. They note that this marks a shift in presidential politics and is an effort on her part to out-lefty Bernie Sanders who has actually been not (too) bad on gun issues.

Hillary thinks it is good politics to run on restricting gun rights. What struck me about the story is this photo by Jim Young of Reuters that is used to illustrate the story.

Hillary is standing in front of the Iowa state flag which contains the motto, "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain." If that isn't irony, I don't know what is!

I don't know if the photographer is a gun guy but he, either consciously or unconsciously, just illustrated the conflict between supporting Clinton and supporting Constitutional rights. The two just don't go together.

 

http://onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com/2015/07/can-you-say-ironic.html