For it big time... All this hot air about turning into a police state is absurd. I'm not sure exactly how this would embolden "the state" to trap and infringe upon citizens rights. Seems to me this is intended on helping police catch people that ARE infringing on citizens rights to live safely and stay alive.
I think the issue is having streets filled with cameras and sensors.
I believe cameras have been been ruled as constitutional in public places such as streets.
I'm guessing you were born in 1968. Can you remember a time when there were zero cameras and sensors in public streets? I sure can. The scare back then was "big brother", and any mention of cameras in the streets was met with huge backlash from the public. Now you look around, and every other block has a camera taking pictures of licence plates. It makes me sick every time I drive around my area. The public has gotten complacent, and the younger generation thinks cameras in the streets is normal. This trend needs to be reversed imo.
I'm against as we're becoming a police state but at the same time, hypocritically, I'm for it in areas such as Detroit. But, I'm afraid if we justify it for areas such as Detroit they'll justify it everywhere else.