'Big Brother is watching you.' - George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
A camera aimed down at me while I idled at an intersection in Virginia. It's the camera in the middle of the photo. As I looked up at that dark circular spot--the eye of a municipal government--discomfort swelled up in me. I took out my own camera and fired back.
I am a law abiding citizen. There's no rap sheet with my name. But a record of good citizenship did not shield me from this government surveillance.
Red light cameras are showing up all over the place. Proponents cite public safety to justify their use. Is our society's obsession with safety chipping away at our freedoms?
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