Biden's secretary of transportation slammed for racist ‘safety’ cameras

[SugarDaddy1]

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is being criticized roundly for his plan to expand the use of “safety” cameras on roads nationwide, as drivers have complained that the camera systems are inaccurate and prone to abuse by political cronies.

Buttigieg introduced the plan last Thursday, describing the problem of road safety as one of fairness, noting that “people of color, Native Americans, low income communities, [and] people in rural areas, [are] more likely to die on our roads.”

In Chicago, which has more red-light cameras than any other city in America, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s rollout was marred by political corruption and claims that the cameras were not only inaccurate, but also disproportionately targeted black and Latino drivers in the city.

Ironically, it was Buttigieg who vowed to target what he described as “racist” roads and highways after he took office last year.

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[pecksniff]

What is the function of these cameras?

 

[KeithD]

Another nonsense thread from the do nothings.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Wait. I thought you were against CRT? Which is it because I get confused on these things and the study on more than once proves a simple fact.

There is nothing quite as unequal as the equal treatment of unequals.

 

[pecksniff]

What is the function of these cameras?

 

[Bud_Spencer]

What is the function of these cameras?

It says they are red-light cameras.

 

[Rightguide]

What is the function of these cameras?

To enlarge the surveillance state.

 

[SugarDaddy1]

Chicago’s “race-neutral” traffic cameras ticket black and latino drivers the most

What is the function of these cameras?

Since you asked so nicely...

When then-Mayor Richard M. Daley ushered in Chicago’s red-light cameras nearly two decades ago, he said they would help the city curb dangerous driving. “This is all about safety, safety of pedestrians, safety of other drivers, passengers, everyone,” he said.

His successors echoed those sentiments as they expanded camera enforcement. “My goal is only one thing, the safety of our kids,” Rahm Emanuel said in 2011, as he lobbied for the introduction of speed cameras. And in 2020, Lori Lightfoot assured residents her expansion of the program was “about making sure that we keep communities safe.”

But for all of their safety benefits, the hundreds of cameras that dot the city — and generate tens of millions of dollars a year for City Hall — have come at a steep cost for motorists from the city’s Black and Latino neighborhoods. A ProPublica analysis of millions of citations found that households in majority Black and Hispanic ZIP codes received tickets at around twice the rate of those in white areas between 2015 and 2019.

The consequences have been especially punishing in Black neighborhoods, which have been hit with more than half a billion dollars in penalties over the last 15 years, contributing to thousands of vehicle impoundments, driver’s license suspensions and bankruptcies, according to ProPublica’s analysis.

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[pecksniff]

So, these are the kind of cameras through which you can get a traffic ticket in the mail, even if a cop never pulls you over?

 

[bellisarius]

Maybe my crack in another thread last week about Buttplugs camera's will hit home now.

 

[pecksniff]

To enlarge the surveillance state.

That is here to stay.