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jaunte12/26/2009 10:39:44 am PST

re: #476 albusteve


Jay Stanley of the American Civil Liberties Union says that while it is “legitimate to protect the country’s border, we would be concerned that the cameras might encourage vigilantism. That people would think they saw an illegal immigrant and then jump in their truck with a gun.”


Well that seems like a pretty slippery slope.
Especially considering this part:

…more than 130,000 people have registered to become ” virtual deputies”. They are located as far afield as Australia, Mexico, Colombia, Israel, New Zealand and the UK.