Well, of course it was.
The establishment want facial recognition, and the courts are merely an extension of the establishment.
It’s a stitch up, and you’ll see just how much this is true, once jury trials in the UK are dispensed with.
Then there will be no checks and balances as the state appointed judge will rule on behalf of the state at every opportunity.
Do you remember the Bart Simpson meme, where the kids are goading him?
“Say the line!”, they order, alluding to the fact that the line is wholly predictable, and then Bart says it, and they all cheer?
You know what I’m talking about?
Well, that’s basically how I read news articles these days.
So as soon as I saw that facial recognition had been given the go ahead, I scrolled the article for the predictable Bart Simpson line.
It only took a paragraph for it to appear, and it came courtesy of Policing Minister Sarah Jones.
You ready?
“Law-abiding citizens have nothing to fear.”
Yes! Predictability bingo champion once again. What do I win? A facial recognition camera?
Nothing? OK.
The problem with the claim that “Law-abiding citizens have nothing to fear.”, is quite a significant one given that it simply isn’t true.
This whole legal challenge came about because people are being misidentified by the technology, and arrested for crimes they didn’t commit, so you can be law abiding and still fall foul of Big Brother,
And also, what does “law abiding citizen” really mean?...<<<Read More>>>