I meant to post this earlier, but hopefully people have already heard about it-
Monday, June 16, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the 5th Floor Council Chamber
Public Oversight Hearing on the "Executive's Public Safety Initiatives and Their Impact on Civil Liberties"
1350 Pennsylvania Ave NW
9 comments:
Yawn, another indignent sound bite from silly philly.
Mendelson get a life. His too negative.
Nickles & the chief had a blast with Mendelson and made him look stupid.
Has anyone seen footage online of the hearing?
could someone post a link to any footage online?
If you go to the DC Council website, they have a link to past hearings.
I watched off and on for awhile...it seemed that the overwhelming sentiment was against the checkpoints. Not that people didn't want something done. I didn't think Nickles was very impressive and enjoyed Mary Cheh's spar with him.
Checkpoints in only ONE location is a waste of time. It would be like asking people to stop at customs at ONE border crossing, but none of the others.
CCTV-Street Cameras? I've seen CCTV's at major intersections in DC, perhaps place cameras in high crime areas -- or the whole city to avoid the response, "the criminals will move to where the cameras are not located."
ANON 12:43:00 PM
I agree with you, not a bad decision. I guarantee the next poster says, "This is a violation of my civil rights!" "I am calling the ACLU"
BTW if interested, there is a very good article in the Washingtonian this month which discusses the riots of 68 and why we are in the god awful position in the 1st place
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