> While I can appreciate the slippery-slope argument against mass surveillance and bulk data collection, comparing municipal police with infamous clandestine fe

> While I can appreciate the slippery-slope argument against mass surveillance and bulk data collection, comparing municipal police with infamous clandestine federal investigative agencies borders on conspiracy theory. If you look at the events of the last three years in the United States, municipal police have been much more aggressive in punitive actions against innocent people they perceive as inconvenient: https://theintercept.com/2016/09/30/lawmaker-who-pushed-bill-to-protect-people-filming-police-arrested-for-filming-police/ https://theintercept.com/2016/09/30/lawmaker-who-pushed-bill... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/03/ramsey-orta-arrested-eric-garner-video_n_5646276.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/03/ramsey-orta-arreste... https://theintercept.com/2016/10/06/in-the-chicago-police-department-if-the-bosses-say-it-didnt-happen-it-didnt-happen/ https://theintercept.com/2016/10/06/in-the-chicago-police-de... This includes things like voter suppression at the request of the Republican party: https://theintercept.com/2016/10/04/police-raid-indianas-largest-voter-registration-office-following-fraud-accusations-from-gop/ https://theintercept.com/2016/10/04/police-raid-indianas-lar...