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Chicago Mayor Daley: Cameras will make us safer
Chicago Sun-Times ^
| 31 Jan 2006
| FRAN SPIELMAN
Posted on 01/31/2006 1:50:33 PM PST by af_vet_rr
Mayor Daley on Monday embraced a radical plan to require every licensed Chicago business open more than 12 hours a day to install indoor and outdoor cameras.
"Block clubs, community organizations want cameras. ... They can't walk down the street. ... Their kids have to go around a corner away from the gang-bangers. You can't walk to church. You can't get on the CTA. ... Cameras really prevent much crime. Cameras also solve a lot of crime. The terrorist attacks in London were solved by cameras. The whole incident was solved by cameras," Daley said.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1984; bigbrother; cameras; chicago; daley; orwell
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"every licensed Chicago business open more than 12 hours a day to install indoor and outdoor cameras."
Unbelievable.
This is yet another camera/government spying on the people thread that will get little notice.
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posted on
01/31/2006 1:50:36 PM PST
by
af_vet_rr
To: af_vet_rr
All camaras do is record the crime.
Handguns STOP the crime.
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posted on
01/31/2006 1:53:48 PM PST
by
Petruchio
( ... .--. .- -.-- / .- -. -.. / -. . ..- - . .-. / .. .-.. .-.. . --. .- .-.. / .- .-.. .. . -. ...)
To: Petruchio
and just think, Chicago has such a stellar record when it comes to 2nd Ammendment issues.
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posted on
01/31/2006 1:54:30 PM PST
by
af_vet_rr
To: af_vet_rr
Wont that cost alot of $$?
To: af_vet_rr
You're forgetting the fees/license/registration with the city, and the enforcers who have to be paid. Never seen a place like it. The air that's breathed will soon be taxed.
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posted on
01/31/2006 1:55:41 PM PST
by
STARWISE
(Sedition:an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority- to cause the overthrow of govt)
To: af_vet_rr
Hey Daley, cameras ain't "gonna" make your town safer; allowing good people to carry guns will.
To: af_vet_rr
Big Brother is wanting to watch more, next an embedded GPS and recording chip in all citizens.
To: Petruchio; af_vet_rr
All camaras do is record the crime. Handguns STOP the crime.
But they also record "illegal" use of firearms in self-defense.
To: edgrimly78
Not only that, the article mentions that some businesses will probably close early in order to avoid the costs.
This was interesting (apparently the Sun-Times is not a fan of the Mayor):
City Hall is now finalizing a contract for "Operation Virtual Shield," Daley's Big Brother plan to link 1,000 miles of "sometimes stand-alone fiber" into a unified "homeland security grid" -- complete with sensors to monitor the city's water supply and detect chemical and biological weapons.
The city also made an unprecedented offer to the private sector. Businesses that agreed to pay an undisclosed fee would have cameras outside their entrances and even in their stairwells monitored by the 911 center.
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posted on
01/31/2006 1:59:18 PM PST
by
af_vet_rr
To: af_vet_rr
"Look at the police radio [log]. ... Why should we be clearing every parking lot out for the owner of the drive-in? That's their responsibility. It's their land," Daley said. Fair enough. Give me my firearms back first.
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posted on
01/31/2006 2:00:35 PM PST
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: af_vet_rr
And I betcha some Daley cronies have sales and installation businesses all ready to go.
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posted on
01/31/2006 2:05:50 PM PST
by
atomicpossum
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To: af_vet_rr
To: af_vet_rr
Chicago Mayor Daley: Cameras will make us safer Will Daley feel just as certain about that if people with cameras start following around every friend and relative of Dem party bosses and aldermen who are given phony city jobs to see what they actually do in their jobs?
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posted on
01/31/2006 2:12:20 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(During wartime, some whistles should not be blown. - Orson Scott Card)
To: af_vet_rr
Cameras really prevent much crime. Cameras also solve a lot of crime.Then he should post lots of cameras in his own office and all over City Hall.
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posted on
01/31/2006 2:13:23 PM PST
by
Rollee
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Ah yes, 1984's Ministry of Love is just trying to maintain law and order. Nothing more.
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posted on
01/31/2006 2:13:45 PM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(Aiding, abetting, or harboring illegal aliens is itself illegal and punishable by law.)
To: af_vet_rr
Chicago Mayor Daley: Cameras will make us saferUm, I thought that's what the strict gun laws and prohibitions were supposed to do? More socialism/commie/big brother rules from Hillary's hometown Chicago, where everyone votes Democrat, even the deceased.
To: KarlInOhio
What would Daly have said if Bush had suggested it???? Where's the ACLU????
To: af_vet_rr
"Businesses that agreed to pay an undisclosed fee would have cameras outside their entrances and even in their stairwells monitored by the 911 center."
False sense of security. No one can monitor that many cameras. No one will see the crime and come save you. They might catch and record it so they can put out the BOLO for a black or hispanic male, between 5'8" and 6'2", 150-200 lbs, wearing a hooded sweatshrit and dark sun glasses. That will help nap him.
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posted on
01/31/2006 2:18:52 PM PST
by
MPJackal
("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
To: Claytonbridge
I once saw a guy coming out of his Store 24 and locking the door. I said "Hey, you're supposed to be open 24 hours",. He said, "Not in a row!"
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posted on
01/31/2006 2:19:56 PM PST
by
massgopguy
(massgopguy)
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