"In many American cities, you can bet someones watching when you walk the streets.
In the name of crime prevention and the war on terror, police departments around
the country have set up surveillance cameras to keep an eye on troublemakers. "
I really don't understand why privacy rights activists would have an issue with this. When you walk into the grocery store, you are on camera; when you go to the bank or the gas station or the mall, you are on camera. You are on camera for the security of the businesses that you visit, but also for your own security. We are talking about cameras that are in public places, what you do on the street where anyone could see is not something you should expect privacy about. While I think that this will change crime patterns as much as it reduces it, every tool that can be used to fight crime and terror should be put to use. Defenders of the cameras point to the fact, that what is seen by the cameras, is just what a cop on the street would be able to see.
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