NYPD tracking cell phones.

[JonathanRackham]

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The police state is here and now.

[earthshine]

1. As a former NYer, I do not trust the NYPD to do the right thing.

I know a former NYPD officer. In his retirement years, he is attempting to publicize the sheer corruption of that organization. In particular, the grotesque salaries that "the white shirts" make.

[X_Digger]

2. Check out the village voice piece on the Schoolcraft tapes. It will blow your mind. n/t

[earthshine]

5. Damn! I just checked it out on Wikipedia.

> Schoolcraft to receive $600,000 in compensation

Too bad he settled, and seemingly for so little. This needed more publicity.

Thanks, X-man

[JonathanRackham]

3. Makes ya wonder who else is doing this?

Police or corporations spying on people.

[appalachiablue]

4. Stingrays in force in DC for a while of course.

At least 10 police forces there or more.

[earthshine]

6. We know from Occupy NY that the NYPD will spy for and protect Wall Street firms and banks.

The mayor, whether it was Bloomberg or DeBlasio, does not seem to have them in hand.

[JonathanRackham]

7. Orwell is scary.

[randome]

8. You could have included a snippet.

..have been used by the New York Police Department on at least 1,000 occasions since 2008 in the course of investigating rapes, murders and other crimes, as well as in searches for missing people,...

IOW, it's likely used due to warrants for specific searches, an aspect the NYT didn't even bother addressing.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]“If you're not committed to anything, you're just taking up space.”
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[JonathanRackham]

10. I'd like to hear Edward Snowden's thoughts.

and Richard Nixon's.......

Tools are only good in the hands if honest people.

[randome]

11. Which is why we have this huge bureaucracy and multiple layers of accountability.

It's why we have judges who rule on the admissibility of things like this. All of it is designed to make the likelihood of dishonest people getting away with something less likely to occur. It isn't foolproof but then nothing is.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
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[JonathanRackham]

12. I like your Leonard Cohen quote.

Cohen fan here.

I'm old, tired, cranky and have lost faith in the bureaucracy. I don't see justice for the poor.

[dembotoz]

9. just another reason not to upgrade my flip phone to a smart phone