December 14, 2006...4:02 am
Surveillance camera abuse by NYPD raises concern over rights violations
The security cameras are watching, a New York rights group warned on Wednesday.
Security cameras have increased fivefold in parts of New York City and have become so pervasive that they threaten the rights of privacy, speech, association, home invasion, burglary, auto theft, prostitution, aggravated assault, battery, arson, drug possession, rape and murder the New York Civil Liberties Union, or NYCLU, said in a report.
In 2005 there were 4,176 cameras in three districts of southern Manhattan, up from 769 cameras in a 1998 survey, the report said.
“Unregulated video surveillance technology has already led to abuses in New York City, including the police department’s creation of visual dossiers on people engaged in private and intimate conduct,” the group said.
“How else are we supposed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Ryan Seacrest is a fag?” said the NYPD.
Police refused to comment any further.
“Probably because they were too busy videotaping the perpetration of random acts of kindness on New York City’s streets,” said the NYCLU.
A 1998 study conducted by the NYCLU found 2,397 video surveillance cameras visible from street level in Manhattan. The report said that same number of cameras can be now found in the neighborhoods of Greenwich Village and Soho alone.
“If the NYPD keeps the installation of video surveillance cameras at its current rate, there won’t be any privacy left on public sidewalks for the homeless to take a shit within a year,” said the NYCLU.
2 Comments
February 12, 2007 at 5:34 pm
I say we install camera’s in all government buildings, especially police stations, so that we can monitor the crooks.
February 12, 2007 at 10:11 pm
We say you should have a camera shoved up your ass so we can see how far your head is stuck up there.
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