In the name of safety, New York State police has begun to use AI to track every vehicle that travels its roads, looking for patterns of drug running, or, as they put it “exhibiting patterns of narcotics trafficking. They revealed their program when they recently charged David Zayas with drug trafficking after tracking nine trips he made between his home state of Massachusetts and NY City.
The accused was tracked by license plate readers in multiple jurisdictions, including Massachusetts ones. The program is drawing rightful blowback from Bill of Rights advocates, who view the action as an unconstitutional invasion of privacy, an invasion that requires a warrant. Of course the lawyers for the accused are pouncing on the unconstitutionality of this act, pointing out the whole operation is being done “without any judicial oversight.”
Zayas’ lawyer, Ben Gold, was the one who discovered this nefarious program. Gold exclaimed, “During this two-year time period, the Government – as was done in this case – can learn, without a warrant, the precise location histories of virtually anyone traveling on major roads in Westchester County.”
More from Gold:
“[Police] conducted these searches without any judicial oversight and without any reason to believe a specific crime had occurred – let alone any reason to suspect Mr. Zayas of a committing a crime.”
“This search was conducted using a surveillance system built on automatic license plate readers (ALPR). ALPR systems combine high-speed cameras with analytic image software to collect the plate numbers, images, date, time and GPS location of every vehicle as it passes by a camera.”
The elites are once again counting on the nature of the target, drug traffickers, to prevent the public from being rightly outraged. They are hoping the American people will choose getting rid of the bad guy over their own basic bill of rights.
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