Thursday, September 27, 2007

Learn something new every day.

From ChicagoHandgun:

Chicago Alderman Fred Roti, the man who introduced the Chicago Handgun Ban in 1982, was convicted 1n 1993 of Racketeering, Bribery, and Extortion in connection to the mob. I guess Sammy Gravano was right"

"Gun Control? It's the best thing you can do for crooks and gangsters. I want you to have nothing. If I'm a bad guy, I'm always gonna have a gun. Safety Locks? You will pull the trigger with a lock on, and I'll pull the trigger. We'll see who wins."

-Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, Mafia turncoat, asked about gun control in an interview in Vanity Fair

And now Chicago is installing "smart" cameras that will allegedly notice "anomalies".

At least the ACLU and others are jumping on it:

Jonathan Schachter, a public policy lecturer at Northwestern University, said there are no studies that show cameras reduce crime. And the idea that placing cameras near "strategic assets" would prevent a terrorist attack is "absurd," he said."

As Robb Allen pointed out.

"Ed Yohnka, spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, said he was concerned that more cameras and more sophisticated technology would lead to abuses of authority.

It is incumbent on the city to ensure that there are practices and procedures in place to sort of watch the watchers," he said."

While at the same day in the papers:

Harvey failed to act on key DNA evidence

Cop held in murder plot

Suit: Off-duty cop attacked three women

Yeah, the cameras will do alot.

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