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Title: NYPD Undercover Strangeness
Post by: vyper on December 22, 2005, 04:06:46 am: https://freeinternetpress.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5300
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Undercover New York City police officers have conducted covert surveillance in the last 16 months of people protesting the Iraq war, bicycle riders taking part in mass rallies and even mourners at a street vigil for a cyclist killed in an accident, a series of videotapes show.
Title: Re: NYPD Undercover Strangeness
Post by: Fineus on December 22, 2005, 04:09:44 am: Any particular reason? Or are they just very very paranoid?
Title: Re: NYPD Undercover Strangeness
Post by: Kosh on December 22, 2005, 05:27:53 am: Quote from: Kalfireth on December 22, 2005, 04:09:44 am
Any particular reason? Or are they just very very paranoid?

It's america, the land of paranoia.
Title: Re: NYPD Undercover Strangeness
Post by: Mefustae on December 22, 2005, 08:44:26 am: Honestly, is anyone really surprised by this sort of thing any more?
Title: Re: NYPD Undercover Strangeness
Post by: Prophet on December 22, 2005, 09:55:49 am: Honestly, doesn't this concern any of you living over there?
Title: Re: NYPD Undercover Strangeness
Post by: Annorax on December 22, 2005, 08:17:45 pm: Quote from: Prophet on December 22, 2005, 09:55:49 am
Honestly, doesn't this concern any of you living over there?

Nope... for us, 1984 was a good read. For Bush, it's a primer on how the government should work.
Title: Re: NYPD Undercover Strangeness
Post by: Cobra on December 22, 2005, 11:01:29 pm: Quote from: Kosh on December 22, 2005, 05:27:53 am
Quote from: Kalfireth on December 22, 2005, 04:09:44 am
Any particular reason? Or are they just very very paranoid?

It's america, the land of paranoia.

now that's just beee-ess! :D
Title: Re: NYPD Undercover Strangeness
Post by: delta_7890 on December 23, 2005, 04:10:06 pm: I really don't understand what the big fuss is. Oh noes, teh government is watching us?! I'd always had the impression that a goverment does, and SHOULD, keep a fairly close eye on its citizens. It's not like they're tossing these cyclists or mourners in jail or anything. For all the times people complain about this sort of thing, I don't see any change in my own personal life. I don't see Big Brother watching over my shoulder. So...meh. I'm sure far worse things are going on in the world.
Title: Re: NYPD Undercover Strangeness
Post by: vyper on December 23, 2005, 04:53:10 pm: Quote from: delta_7890 on December 23, 2005, 04:10:06 pm
I really don't understand what the big fuss is. Oh noes, teh government is watching us?! I'd always had the impression that a goverment does, and SHOULD, keep a fairly close eye on its citizens.

What right do they have to infiltrate groups that are commiting no crime, nay video their members for survellience purposes when they're taking part in peaceful protest?

Government is there to serve the people, not the reverse.
Title: Re: NYPD Undercover Strangeness
Post by: aldo_14 on December 23, 2005, 04:57:09 pm: Quote from: delta_7890 on December 23, 2005, 04:10:06 pm
I don't see Big Brother watching over my shoulder.

You're not meant to see Big Brother until they haul you off in the night to the Ministry of Truth.