Violent arrests, rumors of DHS involvement and the dreaded LRAD
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Supreme Court of New York State orders the city to allow OWS back to Liberty Plaza
Lawyers affiliated with the Liberty Park Legal working group at Occupy Wall Street filed an emergency injunction against the City, asking a judge to prevent the police from evicting protesters at Liberty Park. Of course, the eviction had already taken place, but this injunction prevents another eviction, and also prevents police from keeping people out of the park.
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NJ judge to police: return occupiers’ belongings and stop stealing them
The ACLU of New Jersey joined with occupy protesters to sue the state police for the return of personal belongings confiscated by the police during raids on the occupy encampment in Trenton. The judge agreed. NBC reports:
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UK police warn demonstrators: we’ve got rubber coated steel bullets waiting
The BBC reports that London metropolitan police are warning demonstrators planning a student fees protest that they have rubber coated steel bullets waiting for them. The police issued a statement saying that the guns would be "carried by a small number of trained officers". Let's hope the training in London differs from that given the Oakland Police Department. Last week, an OPD officer shot a citizen journalist with one of these guns point blank, while he was filming.
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“Human Terrain Mapping” otherwise known as stalking Muslims in America has roots in COINTELPRO?
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Chicago! You are being watched! And other stories.
- In the face recognition and mass movements department, today we have a reminder that truth is stranger than fiction. Or maybe it's that life imitates art? From IEEE's Spectrum, an article about face recognition software and its use to identify people in the streets during the London riots. You are reading this correctly. The man's name is Orwell.
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Biometrics, social media, and FOIA lies
- Senators Rockefeller and Machin, both Democrats of West Virginia, spoke at a biometrics industry conference "geared toward bringing new business to West Virginia." The Senators urged biometrics firms to consider a move to West Virginia, given the state's close proximity to the CIA, NSA and FBI, as well as the biometrics degrees offered by West Virginia University and Marshall university.
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Robot spiders look a lot like…
A little comparison for you. Dystopia in film:
And spider robots in real life. I wonder what kinds of surveillance purposes these cheap, relatively disposable, fast, agile and dependable robots will be put to.
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How’s the Occupy movement affecting security and policing in the US?
According to Alternet's Sarah Jaffe, Occupy is having a pretty serious impact on policing and security at the nation's major banking institutions. The people have the bankers scared, and perhaps unsurprisingly the bankers are turning to the security industrial complex for help. It appears that the 1% is mighty terrified of the wrath of the 99% visiting them in their fancy offices and homes.
