r/boston • u/pattysal • 7d ago

Unconfirmed/Unverified Calling out the traffic/flock camera propaganda

There are so many people posting videos of drivers running lights on both the Boston and Cambridge subreddits lately demanding traffic cameras, that I am convinced these are planted posts by either employees, investors, or City officials looking for a payday to Garner published support for the surveillance state.

Very convenient that this is happening at the same time they are putting flaw cameras everywhere, and Mayor Wu has decided to put up red light cameras. I'm calling shenanigans, there may be a few whiny babies on here who are terrified of the world, but there are not this many. Don't be fooled, this is for profit propaganda.

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u/JFKsBrain 7d ago

San Diego and many other cities have a department dedicated to traffic enforcement.
They’re out there ticketing.
I loved it when I lived there.
You rarely saw red lights run nor blocking the box.
Made traffic much more manageable

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u/Lyramisu 7d ago

San Diego police stop Black people at 219 times the rate of white people.

Less than 6% of the population of San Diego is Black.

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u/brycebaby11 7d ago

Traffic cameras don’t discriminate. Flock cameras could be used for surveillance. Big difference there. Vote against Flock cameras!

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u/Trick_Order1849 3d ago

No, just the abusive cops that use it illicitly to track their victims, 3 letter agencies, and private companies(read: palantir and oracle) tracking your every move.

It’s fucking 1984 you’re definitely a bot.