Sunday, January 12, 2014

More DHS-funded Police Surveillance Cameras; No Drop in Crime

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.
The New American
January 12, 2014


There is no limit to the government's intrusive surveillance.
There is no limit to the government’s intrusive surveillance of its citizens.

Thousands of surveillance cameras are showing up in cities across the country without a corresponding reduction in crime. Citizens are taking notice of this fact of the federal takeover of local police, and they are speaking out.


On January 8, for example, the Texas Civil Rights Project-Houston issued a statement on its Facebook page criticizing their city’s participation in the construction of the surveillance state.

“As a community, we need to start a serious dialogue about the level of governmental intrusion in our daily lives that government foists upon us without our consent,” declared Amin Alehashem, the group’s regional director. “Government has no need to know with whom we associate, walk on the streets, attend meetings, worship, or go to dinner.”

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