California Governor Gavin Newsom took to social media Friday to trumpet a new high-tech system comprised of 400 roadside cameras to try to combat rampant crime in the beleaguered city, but he was quickly mocked and derided for condoning the creation of a Chinese-like surveillance state.
The obvious question in the Golden State is, why don’t you actually enforce the laws, repeal criminal coddling legislation like Proposition 47, and keep repeat offenders behind bars? A bunch of cameras isn’t going to change that reality.
“We’re building safer, stronger communities for all Californians,” he bragged. How he can say that with a straight face is beyond me since residents in many of the state’s cities feel under assault.
480 new high-tech cameras are being installed along freeways and in Oakland to make the area safer.
These will help law enforcement identify vehicles linked to…
