To make matters even worse, all the data collected in the process would be a matter of public record.
Los Angeles, CA — A Los Angeles city councilwoman just proposed one of the most chilling uses of license plate scanners ever.
As an ostensible means of deterring prostitution, Nury Martinez, of the LA city council, wants to scan every single license plate, make a list, and mail out a shame letter to every person who drives through an arbitrary area deemed a prostitution zone.
You read that right. For merely driving through a designated area, Martinez proposes publicly shaming any and every motorist by scanning their license plate.
Martinez told CBS Los Angeles, “If you aren’t soliciting, you have no reason to worry about finding one of these letters in your mailbox. But if you are, these letters will discourage you from returning. Soliciting for sex in our neighborhoods is not OK.”
The idea is so Orwellian, so fascist even, that the police themselves have deemed it unconstitutional.
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Wow...does Right to Privacy, Freedom of Association and Freedom to Assemble mean nothing anymore?
ReplyDeleteI hope they have many scanners , the entire city is a holding for prostitutes.
ReplyDeleteSo now the 2015 Nazi Party is going to monitor all your movement. It is bad enough there are cameras everywhere.
ReplyDeletePeople, throw away your EZ Pass, tint your windows, get reflective covers on your license plates and for God's sake, get some extra water, food, medical supplies, ammunition and firearms to put it in. We cannot continue to allow this government to take what is left of our freedom.
Will the school buses that pass through there get a letter every day?
ReplyDeleteLeave the girls alone, they at least are working and not on welfare!
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