http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/07/mayor-will-kill-spds-drone-program Comments On: Mayor Will Kill SPD's Drone Program by Dominic Holden en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by madcap]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:44:53 -0800 The Stranger
Is he getting a pass because he's a Democrat? Because I'm quite sure if GWB had done the same thing, the Stranger would be calling everyone out into the streets to protest.
Posted by Corydon]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:57:29 -0800 The Stranger
You mean, since 2012 when the drones were brought to light via FOIA request...

This is decidedly only the beginning, as shown by the apparently more "palatable" DHS funded surveillance.
Posted by moo]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:44:28 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Criminologist]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:16:25 -0800 The Stranger
So out of all these SPD scandals, all it took was a few town hall meetings filled with hyperbolic faux rage about how citizens right to privacy in a public place MIGHT be violated and he instantly kills the program, when all they had to do was enact some laws that kept that program in check. Aside from his about face in supporting the tunnel a month after being sworn in, ive never seen the mayor act so quickly on something and all you have to do is re-elected to keep the drone problem from being resurrected by the next mayor. That is assuming the SPD doesn't find a way to piss away millions on an actual helicopter, doing the exact same thing.
Posted by Kinison]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:00:46 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:55:50 -0800 The Stranger
Perhaps that's what Seattle requires, a leader?
Posted by sgt_doom]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:12:07 -0800 The Stranger "So, no more red light cameras?"

I'm no legislator. My suggestions undoubtedly need some fine-tuning. I'll note, though, that as far as I know, red light cameras record only upon indication of wrongdoing on the part of those who are recorded. Though I'd generally prefer to have a human make that decision, such a system is quite different than a network of cameras recording constantly as people go about their almost-exclusively-lawful business.

Today's action is a minor victory. We need to avoid backing down now, and push our representatives to pass meaningful legislation preventing our police from performing surveillance of everyone on the off-chance that some of those recordings will later be of interest. And if Bruce Harrell thought it was wise to prohibit by law our police from putting weapons on two autonomous flying surveillance cameras, he should think it equally wise to make a law prohibiting weaponry on any autonomous data collection device.
Posted by Phil M]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:58:27 -0800 The Stranger
Or the gunfire on Alki beach in the summertime.
Posted by Pill in Seattle]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:53:43 -0800 The Stranger
The non-white areas that aren't rich in West Seattle voted for him, after the Primary.

You really need to learn that West Seattle is not as white as you think it is. Just look at the census data from 2010.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:45:07 -0800 The Stranger
So, no more red light cameras?
Posted by Liberals love cameras on drivers!]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:28:41 -0800 The Stranger Posted by seven]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:27:36 -0800 The Stranger Posted by McTwit]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:17:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by trstr]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:08:21 -0800 The Stranger Posted by gloomy gus]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:00:50 -0800 The Stranger

• Restrict city staff use of facial recognition and other biometric identification technology on any device to confirming the identity of the target of a warrant


• Forbid city staff from equipping any remotely-operated or autonomous device with weapons


• Forbid city staff from conducting general surveillance of the public with any device


• Forbid city staff use of any remotely-operated or autonomous recording device without warrant

Posted by Phil M]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:56:12 -0800 The Stranger Posted by biffp]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:54:39 -0800 The Stranger Posted by hmmmmm]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:52:16 -0800 The Stranger Posted by GlibReaper]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:47:43 -0800 The Stranger
“I was trying to make the horse have a baby,” Mendoza explained. “I was thinking it would have a horseman baby.” He added, “I ain’t going to lie, I blew a nut in the horse. I then got off the bucket and put my clothes back on and left. I promise that I have not been back over to the horse since that time.”

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/hors…
Posted by biffp]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:46:39 -0800 The Stranger Posted by gloomy gus]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:45:31 -0800 The Stranger Posted by espato]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:43:34 -0800 The Stranger Posted by hmmmmm]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:43:31 -0800 The Stranger