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NY Blogger Criticized For Posting Photos of Teen Vandals

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Re: NY Blogger Criticized For Posting Photos of Teen Vandals

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Post by stretchwithme »

Once again, the expectation of privacy while committing crimes is violated. oh, where will this end? Must we be accountable for every little thing we do?

Of course, I'm joking. I applaud the posting.

We had a similar thing near here where a package thief was recorded making her rounds. And the thieves among us commented how terrible it was that she was put on public display for her crimes.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poMTVXcvGoo
This actually foreshadows a future where petty crime becomes very difficult. Not only will there be more cameras, but software will improve to the point where it can recognize suspicious behavior and unrecognized persons and anticipate crime. Maybe even zoom in on it, call other mobile cameras to the scene to capture the action from multiple angles, track the criminal until law enforcement can get to them, alerting the neighbors to steer clear.

And criminals will have their countermeasures. Burglaries may be performed by robots that fly into your garage as the door closes when you leave for the office.

Re: NY Blogger Criticized For Posting Photos of Teen Vandals

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stretchwithme wrote: post #2

Once again, the expectation of privacy while committing crimes is violated. oh, where will this end? Must we be accountable for every little thing we do? Of course, I'm joking. I applaud the posting. We had a similar thing near here where a package thief was recorded making her rounds. And the thieves among us commented how terrible it was that she was put on public display for her crimes. http://www.youtube.com/watc…

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Re: NY Blogger Criticized For Posting Photos of Teen Vandals

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Post by stretchwithme »

[deleted] wrote: post #3
stretchwithme wrote: post #2

Once again, the expectation of privacy while committing crimes is violated. oh, where will this end? Must we be accountable for every little thing we do? Of course, I'm joking. I applaud the posting. We had a similar thing near here where a package thief was recorded making her rounds. And the thieves among us commented how terrible it was that she was put on public display for her crimes. http://www.youtube.com/watc…

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Yeah, that's a good idea once motion has been detected by a computer.

I just saw a Nova program about elevators where this guy was stuck in an elevator for 41 hours and there were paid humans on duty the entire time who had video they never looked at.

Here's the story:

  http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/trapped-in-an-elevator-captured-on-video/
I think the case was settled for $200,000.

A motion detector would have more reliably sounded the alarm or some electronic sensor indicating the elevator was stuck. I have to wonder sometimes if people in old industries like this know what's going on.

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stretchwithme wrote: post #2

Once again, the expectation of privacy while committing crimes is violated. oh, where will this end? Must we be accountable for every little thing we do? Of course, I'm joking. I applaud the posting. We had a similar thing near here where a package thief was recorded making her rounds. And the thieves among us commented how terrible it was that she was put on public display for her crimes. http://www.youtube.com/watc…

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Re: NY Blogger Criticized For Posting Photos of Teen Vandals

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Post by meelash »

Man, I wish those punks would do something like that in my neighborhood. 5 or 6 guys should get together with some nice, big sticks and go patrol the streets. Let some kid throw an egg at them and then go beat the crap out of him (meaning hit him once or twice in a non-vulnerable part of the body until he cries but not cause any actual physical harm). It will only take one kid, one year. Problem solved forever.

Self defense.

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