Candid Camera to Catch Criminal Cars in Fla. Town (Jack Booted Thug Alert)

Fox News ^ | 04/27/04 | Orlando Salinas/Fox News

[CanisRex]

MANALAPAN, Fla. — This fall, Manalapan will become the first town in the country to use digital cameras to snap photos of every car passing through.

The new $60,000 system uses powerful computer software to compare cars’ license plates and drivers' faces against those of stolen cars and wanted criminals in a police database.

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[CanisRex]

"Liberty . . . is the great parent of science and of virtue; and . . . a nation will be great in both always in proportion as it is free."

Thomas Jefferson

[sinkspur]

If your car were stolen, I'd bet you'd be all in favor of this.

[CanisRex]

nope. but thanks for playing.

[proxy_user]

Ummm...what if you looked exactly like an escaped murderer?

[cripplecreek]

The way i see it a license plate is for intentional display and is not subject to constitutional privacy issues.

[The kings dead]

Is your problem with the potential for abuse, or would you object even if the digital photographs were erased as soon as their absence from the database was confirmed?

[RonHolzwarth]

Well, how about if your daughter was abducted by a known rapist, after he shot your wife. Then how would you feel about a system like this?

[The kings dead]

what if you looked exactly like an escaped murderer?

Then with or without advanced technology you might find yourself being questioned.

[RonHolzwarth]

I think you're right about the license plate being for identification.

And, the streets are public. If you want privacy, stay off public roads.

[Blood of Tyrants]

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
-- William Pitt the Younger, British prime minister

[Hodar]

Stop using logic. You have to think like an emotional and delusional paranoid; evil govermental forces are watching you, just waiting to kick your door in and throw you in jail.

Wear lots of Reynolds Wrap under your baseball cap. And skip the med's.

This type of thing in no way hampers anyone. It is passive, and only registers violators. No one cares if you run to the bowling alley every Friday night. Sheesh ...

[Blood of Tyrants]

What if you just looked somewhat like a wanted fugitive?

[threat matrix]

'You have a Constiutional Repubilc, if you can keep it..' Ben Franklin after the Founding Fathers signatures

[CanisRex]

Is your problem with the potential for abuse, or would you object even if the digital photographs were erased as soon as their absence from the database was confirmed?

Granted you're out in public on a public road, but my expectation of privacy, even if I'm a criminal, is that I won't be suspect unless I see a cop and there is probable cause (heh) to be pulled over. My worry is that there is a continual decline in personal liberties and yes, an expectation of privacy and we continue to slide toward some Orwellian end.

The way i see it a license plate is for intentional display and is not subject to constitutional privacy issues.

Right you are. I'm just saying that the line continues to get a finer and finer point put on it.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The same way that William Pitt the Younger feels.

[Wolfie]

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
-- William Pitt the Younger, British prime minister

"If you're not doing anything wrong, you've got nothing to worry about."
-Just About Every Idiot Who Pulls A Voting Lever

[TexanAmerican]

I see a cop and there is probable cause (heh) to be pulled over.
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A cop can run your plate any time he feels like it. I would wager a weeks salary you have had you plate run without your knowledge.

[Guillermo]

How do you feel about the "I won't go to the (insert newspaper here) website because I have to register" crowd?

(Umm, when you got home delivery of your paper, you gave them your name and wrote them a check)

[Blood of Tyrants]

This type of thing in no way hampers anyone. It is passive, and only registers violators. No one cares if you run to the bowling alley every Friday night. Sheesh ..

Riiiiight! The government PROMISES not to misuse or abuse this technology!

[Wolfie]

My worry is that there is a continual decline in personal liberties and yes, an expectation of privacy and we continue to slide toward some Orwellian end.

True. But then, most people won't recognize the slippery slope until after they realize they're on skis.