Houston’s Mayor Turner Partners with Tech Companies to Build a Surveillance City Derrick Broze March 4, 2020 4814 Text to Audio Player Watch on Minds / Bitchute Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo have announced a call for $8.5 million in funding for new “technological enhancements”, including working with Amazon’s Ring doorbell camera and Shotspotter. Journalist Derrick Broze shared these concerns with Houston City Council. Sources: Amazon’s Ring takes heat for considering facial recognition for its video doorbells Amazon’s Disturbing Plan to Add Face Surveillance to Your Front Door ShotSpotter technology makes dent in Chicago’s crime – but raises privacy concerns We’re Spending Millions On This High-Tech System Designed To Reduce Gun Violence. Is It Making A Difference? Shots Fired, Pinpointed and Argued Over Oakland’s Shotspotter Equipment Records Voice Conversations The Conscious Resistance Network is an independent media organization focused on empowering individuals through education, philosophy, health, and community organizing. We work to create a world where corporate and state power does not rule over the lives of free human beings.
