Re:Honolulu fines pedestrians for viewing phone while crossi...
by XR0CSWV3h3kZWg on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @01:49PM
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Yeah selective enforcement could make this a pretty powerful tool for harassing anyone you don't like.
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Re:Honolulu fines pedestrians for viewing phone while crossi...
by booleandilemma on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @01:53PM
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Make the cops prove it with video evidence?
Re:Honolulu fines pedestrians for viewing phone while crossi...
by detaro on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @01:55PM
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Doesn't help against it being selectively enforced, only against it being used for false accusations.
Re:Honolulu fines pedestrians for viewing phone while crossi...
by dogruck on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @01:56PM
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Oh great, nonstop video surveillance of pedestrians. I don't like that either.
Re:Honolulu fines pedestrians for viewing phone while crossi...
by emodendroket on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @02:26PM
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Isn't that a bridge that's already been crossed?
Re:Honolulu fines pedestrians for viewing phone while crossi...
by dogruck on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @02:38PM
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It's one thing to have street cameras that are used to investigate serious crimes, or to help direct first responders.
It's another to regularly use that camera footage for petty crimes like j-walking or cell-phone-walking.
Re:Honolulu fines pedestrians for viewing phone while crossi...
by emodendroket on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @02:42PM
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But we don't really just have "street cameras that are used to investigate serious crimes." We have police driving around taking photos of everyone's license plates, allowing them to keep track of where everybody goes; sophisticated facial recognitions; etc.
Re:Honolulu fines pedestrians for viewing phone while crossi...
by XR0CSWV3h3kZWg on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @07:09PM
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If cops are charging people that didn't even commit a crime then selective enforcement isn't really your biggest problem.