I will be speaking at this event tomorrow, Saturday August 29th. I will not stand idly by while Orwellian surveillance schemes are implemented in my country. Where do you stand?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
In Lancaster, Pennsylvania on Saturday, August 29, 2009, the Citizens Against Public Surveillance (CAPS) is holding a large protest against the implementation of surveillance cameras deployed in Lancaster, PA, and is inviting all who want a voice in this matter to attend. CAPS is a recent offshoot of the Lancaster Coalition for Sensible Security (LCSS), and is organized to end the hasty deployment of the privately run, Orwellian surveillance system in a city of 55,000 people with a 25% poverty rate.
The CAPS protest will be held this Saturday at Farnum Park (Water & Conestoga Streets) at 1:00 pm on Saturday, August 29, 2009. The protesters will then march to Lancaster Square at 2:00 pm for the rest of their rally. The theme of the rally is - "Take the cameras down."
More information can be found at www.stopthecameras.com and a video describing the issue complete with interviews with Lancaster public officials can be viewed here. Rally is rain or shine.
Renee' Baumgartner (CAPS) will speak in Lancaster Square, along with others that are concerned about the lack of accountability, oversight, and transparency for this system of 165 surveillance cameras. The system is designed to keep the public under constant general surveillance.
Jake Towne, 2010 candidate for U.S. Congress in Pennsylvania's 15th District, will be speaking about his experiences with camera surveillance while he was living abroad in communist China and how this camera system is a blatant violation of our rights as protected by the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Towne's website is TowneForCongress.com.
PRESS CONTACTS:
Renee Baumgartner 717-587-9054 info@stopthecameras.com
www.stopthecameras.com/
Sam Ettaro 814-553-9372 [link edited for length]
3 Comments
JakeTowne
Anyone from the Lehigh Valley willing to make the trip can carpool with me. Contact is towneforcongress@gmail.com and include name, phone. I might not get to it until later tonight, sorry for the short notice.
sbrawler
I am against such a system. It is not neccessary, and is a violation of people's privacy.
Anonymous
This is absolutely, ridiculously unnecessary. Lancaster, PA, of all places. Not that this type of surveillance is good anywhere, but AMISH country? Give me a break!