Police have arrested a 24-year-old man for allegedly shooting a fellow driver who had cut him off on an Antioch street.Cornelius Brown remained jailed on $1.6 million bail Tuesday. The 34-year-old Sacramento man Brown is accused of shooting in the back during the confrontation last Thursday is in critical but stable condition.
Brown, a resident of both Antioch and San Francisco, was arrested after police matched his car with a surveillance video from a camera posted near the intersection where the shots were fired.
The main issues are gun availability and whether this dangerous gun owner was already a criminal or not, but another thing comes up. Remember when all the pro-rights libertarian types were howling at the moon about how all these surveillance cameras do no good whatever, how there's no evidence that they've ever assisted in solving even one crime?
And sure enough, scouring the internet it was not possible to uncover such proof. Logic and common sense would not suffice, we needed facts. There weren't even any mentions in news reports about the cameras.
Well finally we have one. I knew all along it was not exactly like on 24, when Chloe can log onto any camera in a matter of seconds and find the bad guy's car, but all it takes is a bit of common sense to realize the ever-increasing urban surveillance systems do assist the police in many cases.
What's your opinion? Do those cameras do more harm than good? Do you think our diminishing privacydue to an invasive government is too high a price to pay for being able to arrest road rage shooters like this guy?
Please leave a comment.
Remember when all the pro-rights libertarian types were howling at the moon . . .
ReplyDeleteHmm . . . never tried that moon-howling thing. I hope that doesn't weaken my "libertarian type" credentials.
OK, wonderful--turning California into a surveillance society has helped solve one serious crime, and perhaps, Jadefool's Biggest (Only?) Cheerleader will be able to prove that the crime would not have been solved without it.
Do the words, "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety . . . " mean anything to you?
Probably not.
I am sure Jade believes him to be an NRA member and CCW holder too. Never mind that California only issue carry permits to the Hollywood elite and politically connected.
ReplyDeleteCameras and wire taps for everybody! That will solve some crime. Surely the liberal bay area residents won’t stand on the same side as the libertarians on that issue.
ReplyDeleteCameras and wire taps for everybody! That will solve some crime. Surely the liberal bay area residents won’t stand on the same side as the libertarians on that issue.
ReplyDeleteIndeed.
All hail the Patriot Act!
You know, Jadefool's Biggest (Only?) Cheerleader, if you decide to leave Italy, England sounds a much better fit for you than a nation that still has a few folks determined to hang onto some liberty.
ReplyDeleteWith some of the most draconian gun laws in the world, I know you're happy about that, and maybe you could count on those laws working (or maybe not). People even get warned by police for "brandishing" a kitchen knife (within their own homes) at peeping tom punks. I know you like that.
Now it's clear that you're a big fan of surveillance societies--cheerio, mate!
And laws. I know you like lots and lots of laws. Well, do I have the place for you. More than one new law per day--you'd be in heaven.
Maybe you should take up the Dog's habit of using the Limey spelling wherever it differs from American spelling, and claim that it was a mistake to kill a bunch of King George III's Red Coated Thugs, and send the survivors home crying to their hideous mothers.
It's much too cold there in the winter and believe it or not, I think they're too organized.
ReplyDeleteHere, there's anarchy and chaos in the air, yet for some combination of reasons, the men aren't obsessed with guns.