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Michael Bloomberg: In Five Years, There Will Be ‘Cameras Every Place’

Mar. 22, 2013 10:12pm Jason Howerton

Michael Bloomberg: Were Going to Have More Visibility and Less Privacy…Get Used to It

NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 21: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg stands with family membrs of Sandy Hook shooting victims at a press conference for gun control legislation on March 21, 2013 in New York City. Bloomberg was joined by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at the city hall event. Credit: Getty Images

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving Americans an advanced warning that their right to privacy is quickly expiring. In about five years, “there’ll be cameras every place,” the mayor said Friday during an appearance on the John Gambling radio show.

Further, when he was asked about the implications of domestic drones, Bloomberg said “you can’t keep the tides from coming in.”

“We’re going to have more visibility and less privacy. I just don’t see how you could stop that,” he added.

Anyone who has been to New York knows that the NYPD already has hundreds of cameras set up at various spots around the city. However, Bloomberg said there’s no reason law enforcement can’t use drones up in the sky for surveillance too.

“It’s scary, but what’s the difference if a drone is up in the air or on a building,” he remarked. “I mean, intellectually, I have trouble making a distinction. And you know you’re going to have face recognition software. People are working on that.”

Bloomberg then made his ominous prediction that in about five years “there’ll be cameras every place.” But he would also like to see “speed cameras” approved in Albany so police can catch all motorists who are going too fast on city streets.

What does the NYC mayor say to people who argue against turning government into “big brother?”

“Get used to it,” he said. “When there’s a murder, a shooting, a robbery of something the first thing the police do is go to every single building in the neighborhood and say let’s see your security camera.”

He still went on: “We should have red light cameras everyplace, why not?” Bloomberg continued. “If you break the law, why not do it? And we should not use our police officers for that. Our police officers have too much to do. They put their lives in danger all the time. … It isn’t gonna result in any fewer police officers being employed. It’ll just make them more valuable because they can work on more important stuff, like bringing crime down or preventing crime to begin with.”

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nzkiwi
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:55pm
Just who on earth does Mr Bloomberg think he is? This is the way that dictators talk…

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:00pm
  Jewish communism.
  
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- brother_ed
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:39pm
  @NZKIWI
  
  I fear, especially since Cyrus – and now with Obama fomenting revolution in Isreal – that things may start to unravel quickly.
  
  Tyrants will rise (North Korea) and masks will come off.
  
  It was only a matter of time…time needed to build the structure.
  
  They were playing chess, while we were playing checkers.
  
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- KickinBack
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:58pm
  He’s Mr. Nanny. He thinks he’s Mary Poppins. You know… ♫Just a spoon full a sugar, makes the medicine, go down…♪ …What!? sugar is banned? No bloomin’ SUGAR for our medicine either?
  
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- BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 12:37am
  @kickenback- SUGAR? Forget the sugar, just give us some LUBE at least!
  
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- StealthTSX
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 11:37am
  Isn’t it obvious? He’s starting his new job as President after Barry is done so he effectively will be a 3 term President.
  
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- ConstitunalAmerican
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 8:39pm
  Mr. Bloomburg must have forgot that those same cameras on every pole will be watching him also.
  
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- StandingOnMyHead
  Posted on March 24, 2013 at 10:49am
  Napoleon Bonaparte (reincarnated)!
  
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- JohnofOregon
  Posted on March 25, 2013 at 10:50am
  Nzkiwi,
  
  It’s already going on. If republicans had any brains they would take the lead on this and try and stop it. That’s right Paul and Cruz are, but the dusty old big government leadership would rather go gay.
  
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artimusprim
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:53pm
Sounds to me its time for a new era of exploration, time for a new way of life fraught with danger of the unknown. We need creative minds to lift us way from this big blue marble to out there somewhere to make a new land of freedom. Maybe only a handful will escape at first but many more will follow. If we have the will we can make anything happen, its possible I know it is because we can think of it and that is just the start.

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- cantstandlibs
  Posted on March 25, 2013 at 2:40pm
  Humanity always sets up government that cannot be controlled at some point, leading to government controlling the citizens. The process will be repeated as long as humanity lives.
  
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firearm
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:50pm
He probably thinks that public and private property is the same thing.

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- brother_ed
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:14pm
  @FIREARM
  
  Someone once posted here something like:
  
  “You don’t really own any property…you just rent it from the government.
  
  They collect the rent in the form of taxes.
  
  Try not paying your tax and see how long you live there.”
  
  I’m paraphrasing, but it’s close.
  
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- symphonic
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 6:28pm
  China rents the property to the people. Nobody owns a single piece of property in China.
  
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TJexcite
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:45pm
The Nanny watched “Escape from New York” and thought it was his job to turn Manhattan in to a prison camp and do it so slowly no one notices before the orders to make a prison camp is needed when guns owners are sent there.

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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:44pm
When I start feeling overwhelmed, and see all these things coming at you, I get a cup of chocolate pudding, and watch reruns Monty Python, the Twit Olympics puts it all into perspective, and there is always room for Jello.

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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:33pm
  Hi Darmok,
  
  LOL !!!!
  
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- DAYWATCHER
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 12:08am
  Yeah… and bluebell ice cream!
  
  Dloomburg is borderline nuts….
  
  Ummm….. Black-Wall nut ice cream.
  
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Tafel1
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:43pm
surveillance this (o)

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:50pm
  Michael Bloomberg the all too common cultural changing, tradition destroying, I want to rule your life Jewish progressive. This is their history in every culture to which the have emigrated, subversives. Better wake up.
  
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- Swalker
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:49pm
  The_Jerk
  You got it man, this is the reason we see lies fall all around history.
  This is who they are and who they have always been
  Time to stand and tell the truth
  I for one will have truth on my lips forever.
  
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- katzkiner
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 2:38am
  Jerk, they keep proving you right. There is a reason Jews have been kicked out of 135 countries. They are smart, hard working and ingenious. But, they want run everything and dictate every detail of your life. Feinstein is wailing and slobbering everywhere because she couldn’t repeal the 2nd Amendment. If they were as enthusiastic about liberty as they are about imposing tyranny, they would be a blessing. Lighten up AHs.
  
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- katzkiner
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 9:17am
  Bloomberg is worth about $ 22 billion, his money and influence was heavily involved in the Colorado anti gun legislation. He is as anti Constitution as Soros. Colorado state senator Steinberg is gay and pro gay marriage and anti gun and of course and friend of Bloomberg.
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:41pm
When will this madness finally stop?

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- stumpygrim
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:47pm
  When “we the people” finally take up arms, and end this insanity,Snow.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:09pm
  stumpy-
  exactly. it won’t stop until tit becomes too dangerous to propose and implement evil commie/liberal agenda items.
  
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- neverending
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:27pm
  When is barry’s second term up? And then who knows what lies beyond that.
  
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- eagledown
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:31pm
  @STUMPYGRIM I agree. This is our country, not the power-mad statists like Heinrich Himmler Bloomberg who wipe their @sses on the Constitution. Millions who fought and died for it didn’t do it for this crap. I know this is just New York, but this is going to spread to a neighborhood near you.
  
  Here is a message for Doomburg and his ilk that is intent on controlling and dominating of the American people. This is a very dangerous road your are going down. You and your liberal lemmings in New York may go along with your dictatorial tendencies because you love dictators, and like to be told what to do.
  
  But mark my words, there are 100 million of us that DON’T, and will NOT COMPLY! Keep pushing and pushing us, and you will see an American Spring that will push you straight to hell punk.
  
  Got that!
  
  μολὼν λαβέ
  
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- SweetT
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:49pm
  When we get rid of the electoral college and then everyones vote will count.
  
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- The_Pointy_End
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 12:23am
  @neverending
  As stupid as the American people are, President Biden.
  
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- dissentnow
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 7:18am
  The madness will stop when people realize that there are consequences when you set a knee-jerk precedent, such as domestic spy programs, the patriot act, the NDAA, warrantless wiretapping, etc.
  I didn’t hear a lot of outrage from the right, during the Bush administration, about civil liberties and privacy rights. In fact, all i heard from the right was “if you aint got nothing to hide, then you aint got nothing to worry about” when it came to domestic spy programs and such. Everyone who supported the patriot act when Bush was in office, has blood on their hands for the sins of the current administration and the policies of the times in which we live. The precedent has already been set and most of you supported it because your “team” was in power without ever questioning the future consequences.
  
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- BerettaM9
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 7:38am
  Thee Answer….When we are dead. Or when the Commies are dead. The real question is when the people of old America going to figure out that this is a hot war? Or are they also to immoral or conceited to discern when people are trying to eliminate them or not?
  
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- AUsername
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 2:50pm
  when people find out 9/11 was an inside job
  
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- StandingOnMyHead
  Posted on March 24, 2013 at 10:55am
  When we get hit by a solar flare or large meteorite.
  
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DADDYWOREAWHITEHAT
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:40pm
“Less privacy. Get used to it”
Lot said there.
Be aware. Be very aware.
Be cautious. Be very cautious.
Be prepared. Be very prepared.

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Swalker
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:40pm
Looks like the Bolsheviks have won. Nice to be living in Marx utopia. I guess the Holocaust worked.
Remember that little Republic Patric Henry told us about, sure would love to live there.

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high school drop out
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:39pm
Nobody has “Offed” the marxist Dictator because “Mr gun control” is surrounded by armed guards 24/7….funny isnt it?

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high school drop out
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:34pm
At least Nanny Bloomberg is being honest about how he sees the future..I see things differently I would like to see in 5 years all these big brother big govt. types out on their asses with NO power whatsoever Everytime someone even suggests Cameras, Drones Etc. he or she should be removed instantly from office after awhile they’ll get the hint..Where I live we had a similar battle for years, The town admin. kept trying to get us to agree to the installation of cameras to “Make us safer” We rejected the notion time and again..Finally last year fed up with their Big Brother approach we got together and voted them all out!.. Every last one…The new admin has’nt suggested cameras..And I dont think they’ll even try

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Sr Newk
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:33pm
What a nut case! He must have a large investment into corporations and businesses that assemble and install security cameras. Yes let’s see your security camera Mr. Store owner or Mr. Banker, and it will show the criminals who are wearing mask, getting into a stolen black ordinary car with covered license plate. Yep those security cameras are going to help a lot. Bloomberg needs to fire up the Bat search light; it will do just about as good as those security cameras. Eventually enough people will leave New York and there won’t be enough revenue to purchase fuel for those drones he wants to purchase.

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- Hotrod25
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:50pm
  You have missed the whole point all together. The cameras are not for the crimes like robbery. They are for the citizens. He has given his orders to the citizens that live under him and they will comply or face the force of government. The cameras are just in case you think he will never know. Buy a soda too big an BAM! They got ya. Smoke a cig and BAM! Stick Sony earbuds in your ears and BAM! Waitress leaves salt on the table and BAM! You get my point. The cameras are not for the criminals….THEY ARE FOR YOU!
  
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:32pm
Mayor Doomberg, blow it out your @ss, you useless windbag.

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Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:32pm
I’ve lost ALL respect for you ‘tuff-guy’ Noo-Yaakahs. If you had any balls you would’ve off’d this commie-bozo years ago. Dillweeds, the whole lot of you!

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rhumbaterro
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:30pm
He needs our consent,

and emphatic rejection!

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The-Monk
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:29pm
I’ve never seen a camera or a drone stop a murder Bloomberg.

You have no intentions of stopping crime… just recording it.

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- dosdelgados
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 1:54am
  Darn it, Monk! Always makin’ so much sense and stuff.
  
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ZAP
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:28pm
He’s got Homer Simpson lips,check it out.

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The-Monk
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:25pm
“It’s scary, but what’s the difference if a drone is up in the air or on a building,”

What difference does it make if Bloomberg is laying on the ground or 6′ under it?

Also, drones in the air can be weaponized and a camera on a building can not.

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- boxboy160
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:31pm
  They don’t yet, wait five years.
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:23pm
  Hey Monk:
  I would take the six foot under option for Bloomberg.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:25pm
  Me too Darmok…
  
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- Jake Dog2
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:36pm
  Well said Monk.
  
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- Jake Dog2
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:54pm
  @Monk
  They can place turret guns on those cameras and fire them remotely. Heaven forbid they would think of doing that.
  
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- fourteen_k
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 11:13am
  He wants the camera’s and the drones so he can call in an air strike if he catches you drinking a “Big Gulp” or using salt while smoking a cigarette!!!!
  
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kettererbg
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:24pm
Get used to a lot of cameras getting broken.

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- galaxie_man
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:33pm
  Hey Bloomberg and your ilk……
  
  Get used to swinging from the end of a rope, or lined up against a wall wearing a blindfdold.
  
  Let me be the one to stick the lit complimentary cigarette in your puss.
  
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- Triple7
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:40pm
  Until the punishment carries a five year sentence and $20,000 dollar fine.
  You want Big Brother,you got it New Yorkers!
  
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MisterSarcastic
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:24pm
“We’re going to have more visibility and less privacy. I just don’t see how you could stop that,” he added

An economic collapse would stop it.

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welovetheUSA
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:23pm
Your a dirty filthy marxist………..little man.

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Small World
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:21pm
This guy is really over the top. He must not have anything better to do with his time.

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- superbowtie
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:29pm
  How much do these camera’s cost? Hate to continually replace them since people will smash, paint, shoot, blow up, and steal everyone they can. ;)
  
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- boxboy160
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:30pm
  Wonder if they will install pee cams?
  
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- termyt
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 10:05am
  He sees no way to stop additional surveillance, yet he does believe he can stop people from drinking 20 oz sodas.
  
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ZAP
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:19pm
Evil little man he is….

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- MDECKER
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 1:12pm
  “intellectually”, he can not hide behind a wall forever.
  
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banjarmon
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:19pm
Bloomberg is a disgrace to the flag he wears on his lapel. The people of NYC should recall him before they lose the rest of their freedom!!!!

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- pissantno.10
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:06pm
  they have not got a clue
  
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dosdelgados
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:15pm
Get used to many middle fingers in the surveillance videos.

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- Xanderson
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:26pm
  And a record number of “full moons” :D
  
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