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20 Feb 2006 06:30:04 PM |
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[Fwd: Houston top cop who called for spy cameras in homes - "ifyou are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?"] |
He should be forced to live his life under a camera viewed by the public
Why didn't DHS think of it first?
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060216/NEWS07/602160602/1009
Cameras for Houston homes, streets sought
February 16, 2006 ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON -- Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt has proposed placing
surveillance cameras on downtown streets and in apartment complexes,
shopping malls and even private homes to fight crime during a shortage
of police officers.
"I know a lot of people are concerned about Big Brother, but my
response to that is, if you are not doing anything wrong, why should
you worry about it?" he said Wednesday.
Houston is facing a police shortage because of retirements and too few
recruits, and the city has absorbed 150,000 hurricane evacuees who are
filling apartment complexes in crime-ridden neighborhoods. The City
Council is considering a public-safety tax to pay for more officers.
Building permits should require malls and large apartment complexes to
install surveillance cameras, Hurtt said. And if a homeowner needs
repeated police response, it's reasonable to require surveillance of
the property, he said.
Scott Henson, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Police
Accountability Project in Texas, called the proposal "radical and
extreme," saying it may violate the Fourth Amendment's protections
against unreasonable searches.
Andy Teas of the Houston Apartment Association said some would
consider cameras an invasion of privacy, but "I think a lot of people
would appreciate the thought of extra eyes looking out for them."
Such cameras are costly, Mayor Bill White said, "but on the other
hand, we spend an awful lot for patrol presence."
The program would need City Council approval.
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| Title: Re: [Fwd: Houston top cop who called for spy cameras in homes - "if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?"] |
20 Feb 2006 09:02:04 PM |
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In article <hatKf.331$BJ4.298@fe02.lga>, belinda <@comp.net> wrote:
"I know a lot of people are concerned about Big Brother, but my
response to that is, if you are not doing anything wrong, why should
you worry about it?" he said Wednesday.
If I am not doing anything wrong, why should YOU worry about it, Chief?
Your job is to worry about people who ARE doing something wrong.
If I am not doing anything wrong, why do you want a camera in my home?
Put them in the homes of people who have done something wrong, if you
have to put them anywhere.
I don't need that kind of "protection", thanks. I think I need a better
police chief, though. And maybe the kind of government who puts people
like you in their proper place. Cleaning toilets.
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| User: "Greylock" |
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| Title: Re: [Fwd: Houston top cop who called for spy cameras in homes - "if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?"] |
21 Feb 2006 06:29:18 PM |
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On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:02:04 -0600, bearclaw@cruller.invalid wrote:
In article <hatKf.331$BJ4.298@fe02.lga>, belinda <@comp.net> wrote:
"I know a lot of people are concerned about Big Brother, but my
response to that is, if you are not doing anything wrong, why should
you worry about it?" he said Wednesday.
If I am not doing anything wrong, why should YOU worry about it, Chief?
Your job is to worry about people who ARE doing something wrong.
If I am not doing anything wrong, why do you want a camera in my home?
Put them in the homes of people who have done something wrong, if you
have to put them anywhere.
I have a suggestion for where he needs to put his ***** cameras.
They may not have a very good vantage point, but he is pretty much
guaranteed to remember where they are residing.
I don't need that kind of "protection", thanks. I think I need a better
police chief, though. And maybe the kind of government who puts people
like you in their proper place. Cleaning toilets.
Evidently you have a higher opinion of his capabilities than I do.
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| User: "David Chesler" |
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| Title: Re: [Fwd: Houston top cop who called for spy cameras in homes -"if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?"] |
23 Feb 2006 04:47:31 AM |
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belinda wrote:
"I know a lot of people are concerned about Big Brother, but my
response to that is, if you are not doing anything wrong, why should
you worry about it?" he said Wednesday.
I dunno, does Hurtt wear trousers? Is that because he's doing
something wrong in his pants that he's trying to hide?
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- David Chesler <chesler@post.harvard.edu>
Iacta alea est
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