It’s up to us to stop this. Me and many others took time off work to tell our transit agency, BART, not to implement a draconian police state, including facial

It’s up to us to stop this. Me and many others took time off work to tell our transit agency, BART, not to implement a draconian police state, including facial recognition cameras. BART wound up becoming one of the first (if not first) transit agencies in the US to implement a privacy policy instead [0]. Work still remains though, one BART employee told the press they were considering fake gun turrets that would drop down from the ceiling on suspected criminals. Work still remains to make American culture see the dangers of a police state as more than a punch line [1] 0: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/09/bart-delays-action-on-parts-of-controversial-safety-plan-following-backlash/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/09/bart-delays-action-on... 1: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/amp/For-these-BART-engineers-it-s-all-about-13582589.php https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/amp...