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Recently was driving in the middle of nowhere in Texas.. And I saw a few flock cameras watching both ways in highways there too. So it is not just cities, state
by hippich 25d ago
Recently was driving in the middle of nowhere in Texas.. And I saw a few flock cameras watching both ways in highways there too. So it is not just cities, states are implicated too.
- apercu 25d agoProbably selling data to CBP/DEA. I went through a combined military and police checkpoint a bit north of Rio Hondo last August and it was surreal.
- pstuart 25d agoIt's for a good cause! This has enabled the DEA to keep all dangerous drugs out of the country and avoid any sort of drug abuse epidemics! Think of the children!
- ryan_j_naughton 25d agoI'm guessing this was /s sarcasm given the "think of the children" reference. Just saying so in case others didn't get the reference and thought you were being sincere...
- allthetime 25d agoUh, the rest of the comment is obviously false and sarcastic as well. Dangerous drugs are at an all time high and the epidemic is immediately apparent in downtown streets
- pstuart 25d agoYes, it was entirely sarcasm. The DEA should be abolished, period. Not only is the War on Drugs a war of oppression on the citizenry, it has funded the cartels and promoted crime throughout the world. Secondly, the DEA controls what my doctor can prescribe me (I am "blessed" with chronic pain), and those fuckwits have no business in the doctor-patient relationship. And this will go on forever, because propaganda has brainwashed the populace that people need to be "protected" from dangerous drugs. Sure, drugs can be dangerous but the way it's being done now is beyond stupid, it is inherently evil. Do I sound angry? Perhaps it's because I am. There's so much needless death and suffering and people just shrug their shoulders.
- buellerbueller 25d agoPoe's law.
- bix6 25d agoSurreal in what way? Edit: thanks for the downvotes? Genuinely curious on GPs experience.
- jkahrs595 25d agoIn what way is going through a military/police checkpoint while driving ordinary?
- bix6 25d agoI don’t live in Texas but I thought they ran checkpoints like that near the border already? I was told to avoid the most southern zones when I drove cross country years ago.
- mrtesthah 25d agoSurreal in the way that your constitutional rights are being casually violated?
- bix6 25d agoPlease see my reply to the other response
- Manuel_D 25d agoThe Constitution does not prohibit government (or anyone for that matter) from recording people in public spaces. ALPRs have been in widespread use since the 90s, I am continuously puzzled where people get the idea that this is new technology.
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- Ancapistani 24d agoThey’re all over the rural South. Public opinion seems to be increasingly changing that, but a lot of them are installed by entities with little accountability.