Winthrop heads back to 1984

Brett — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:50:40 +0000

Brookline residents are fighting back against invasive video surveillance, but David B. Goldstein, police chief of Winthrop, can't understand why- and in standard security theater style:

"This is some of the price all of us to have pay for living in a free society, but a threatened society,"

I thought the price you pay for living in a free society is the possibility that someone may use the freedom you enjoy to hurt you.

Robert "Semper Fi" Dunford claims:

"There was no debate in Boston [...] Obviously, there are some people who look at it as an invasion of privacy, but we're not looking at anything that's not already public."

There was no debate in Boston because Bostonians weren't given a choice in the matter. As for "anything that's not already public", well- ain't it funny how that works, Mr. Dunford?

Reminders: the UK Police Chiefs think they're a waste of money, and London has 10,000 cameras and can't solve 80% of its reported crimes. You'd think US police chiefs and mayors would listen; after all, the UK reportedly has 4 million CCTV cameras and use of the cameras has been widespread for 15 years there, so it would be fair to call them experts.

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Winthrop heads back to 1984