Posts Tagged ‘law enforcement’
Flock, we hardly knew ye
Wakefield is less safe today than it was a week ago. This week, the Wakefield Police Department reluctantly decided to pull the plug on their use of Flock Safety cameras as a tool to solve crimes and keep the community safe. Not because the cameras aren’t effective. They are. And not because the Flock cameras […]
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Tags: ALPR, automobile, Big Brother, cameras, carjacking, cars, civil liberties, crime, criminals, Facebook, Flock cameras, Flock Safety, law enforcement, license plate, Lynn MA, Mark Sardella, mass surveillance, Opinion, police, Politics, social media, technology, Town Meeting, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA, Wakefield Police Department, WPD
SMWs Unite!
If there’s anyone more insufferable than a Social Justice Warrior, it’s a Social Media Warrior. However irritating they may be, at least Social Justice Warriors can usually parrot some tired talking points in defense of their positions. All Social Media Warriors care about is being one of the cool kids. They’ll say whatever they think […]
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Last chance for Mary Jane
A lot of people who plan to vote “Yes” on Question 4 will be in for a big surprise after it passes. They think the ballot question to legalize marijuana for recreational use is about making it so that people won’t go to jail for smoking a joint. But what it’s really about is allowing […]
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Tags: 2016, adolescents, alcohol, ballot question, brain, cocaine, Dr. Alan Woolf, drugs, election, George Washington, hemp, herb, heroin, jail, law, law enforcement, marijuana, Massachusetts, meth, money, November 8, police, possession, pot, prison, prohibition, Question 4, Sen. Jason Lewis, stoners, teens, weed
