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Little Brother is Watching

One of the unintended consequences of our surveillance society is that it's harder for police to break the law.  What was supposed to allow law enforcement to oppress citizens is actually saving innocent civilians.  The case of the Colon brothers is illustrative:NEW YORK (June 13) - When undercover detectives busted Jose and Maximo Colon last year for selling cocaine at a seedy club in Queens, there was a glaring problem: The brothers hadn't done anything wrong. But proclaiming innocence wasn't going to be good enough. The Dominican immigrants needed proof."I sat in the jail and thought ... how could I prove this? What could I do?" Jose, 24, recalled in Spanish during a recent interview. As he glanced around a holding cell, the answer came to him: Security cameras...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on June 13, 2009 (boomark / email).