The Surveillance State, 2

“Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free.” ― Edward Snowden

Welcome to part 2 of the surveillance state.

Today we’re going to cover some methods of video surveillance employed by local police, and how the private public partnership works against freedom.

let’s start with Denver and what they’re doing.

Denver isn’t the only city doing this, and it’s making its way into many rural areas across the country. But to a degree, that’s irrelevant since any legitimate and legal protest is most likely to be held in a city.

Below is another excellent video on general surveillance techniques used.

Here are some photographs of how the NYPD caught a shooter after 7 months.

By comparing what he wore at the shooting, to what he wore in previous Instagram posts, they were able to identify him even though not one witness came forward. This was accomplished solely through data mining.

Not only that, surveillance is now employing AI to identify firearms, which could be used in the future for nefarious purposes. And if you’re familiar with part one of the surveillance state and how they can pull fingerprints from a photo from 3 meters away, it’s not a stretch to assume they could pull serial numbers from the side of a firearm at distance as well.

For reference, here’s the NYPD busting some kid on a rooftop making a YouTube video of his airsoft training. Followed by the NYPD patting themselves on the backs as though they stopped a terrorist. Yes…those are toy guns in their photo, which are allowed even in countries with the most restrictive firearms laws in the world.

Notice they claimed someone “called it in” and it may be true, but police agencies around the world are notorious for fabricating just cause, bogus calls, etc, to circumnavigate citizens rights. Ask yourself, how hard would it be for a NYPD spy drone (which they have) to capture little Timmy making his airsoft video, through AI firearm identification software (which exists), then some police sergeant “makes a call” to the NYPD on a $10 burner phone from the local bodega?… That’s not a stretch at all.

Something else to consider with the employment of AI technology is the use of “Z backscatter” technologies.

Yes. There are, right now, vans that drive around, and full body X-ray you and your vehicles. Who knows where else this technology is employed, but it’s an open secret in New York.

And while we haven’t personally seen any photographs of these vehicles outside of the official literature, it’s not a stretch to assume that the technology wouldn’t be disguised in freezer trucks, or 18 wheelers. It makes you wonder, how all these major drug busts on freeways and interstates are supposedly due to “tips” and “officer intuition”…

Knowing these things, and how they track you is important, because laws are written now to crush dissent. Let’s say you put up a sticker on a building… “Sticker? On a building? Well that’s vandalism. Vandalism in the name of political speech? Well that’s terrorism!” Too far fetched? Go ask Adolpho Martinez who got 16 years in prison for ripping down a pride flag off of a church and burning it.

That’s the exact same line of reasoning they used. “Theft? That’s a crime…. A crime against a protected group?… Hate Crime!” Which brings the full force of the federal government... Here in America. Imagine the FBI blowing down your door in the middle of the night, because your teenage son ripped down a rainbow flag, being “edgy” with his friends.

So the point to remember is, what you may consider benign, or what might have been considered benign just a few years ago, may have changed drastically. And while we never condone illegal activity, as a general rule, you should be aware of your identify, in all forms, and how it’s being watched.

Furthermore, it’s basically open information at this point that the government is working with private enterprise in all endeavors to crush speech and dissent.

We’re seeing it right now, where banks are closing accounts of protestors in Brazil.

But in western societies, this is accomplished through a similar fashion, but even more nefariously.

Look at the Canadian trucker convoy, protesting for the right to not have an experimental medicine pumped into their bodies.

Suddenly someone shows up with a Nazi flag. Who? We don’t know. The truckers were trying to figure it out too. We’re not going to comment either way, because no political side is short on stupid, but we do ask, how hard would it be for a government agent, or even another citizen looking to discredit the protest to do this? I mean, I could get my hands on a Nazi flag and walk into a protest for a photo op before the week is over.

But that one photo gets spun into articles like this…

And this…

And grows into this…

Which gives the government the “authority” to do this.

Which means for you… you’re going to have to do what you can to protect yourself, and your identity, even when engaged in lawful, Constitutionally protected activities.

We leave you with some food for thought.

And Emily Oster…

Fuck your amnesty.