You little people, stop opposing us!

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Here we have DC's police chief being all angry and stuff that Teh Peepul are revolting (in at least two senses of the word, they're revolting against her and they're revolting to her).

Apparently there's an iPhone app that allows you to track speed traps, and as we all know, free speech doesn't include the right to oppose our political betters.
Area drivers looking to outwit police speed traps and traffic cameras are using an iPhone application and other global positioning system devices that pinpoint the location of the cameras.

And we can't have that, they're for our safety. (All the revenue is merely an unwanted side effect. It's all for our own good, we're just sooooo childish we need our betters to protect us).
Don't believe me?
"It's designed to circumvent law enforcement -- law enforcement that is designed specifically to save lives."

I wonder, did she say that with a straight face? DC is among the worst in coming up with creative ways to enhance revenue. Every couple years they get busted towing legally parked, out of town vehicles for instance.

Still from the first link.
Lanier said the technology is a "cowardly tactic"...

How about "fuck you" Lanier?
...and "people who overly rely on those and break the law anyway are going to get caught" in one way or another.

We'll get you. And your little car too.
This is from the guy who came up with the app

Founder and CEO of PhantomAlert Joe Scott claimed nine out of 10 police departments across the country support his software....

Ummm, I'm with you Joe, but I call bullshit on that. You're messing with their revenue. That's unpatriotic and downright unAmerican. It's not as if our country was founded in response to a heavy handed gov't imposing ridiculous regulations and taxes while taking our freedom.

Oh wait....

"If police come against us, it's going to make them look like they are only [after] revenue" from the camera-generated citations, he said.

Now why would he think such a thing from our political, social and intellectual betters?

Photo radar tickets generated nearly $1 billion in revenues for D.C. during fiscal years 2005 to 2008.

Oh.


Related(h/t the puppy blender)
Approximately forty minutes into the event, Charlottesville police were called to the parking lot area. Unconfirmed reports from the scene tie at least one of the complaining phone calls directly to Congressman Tom Perriello’s office staff. While the attending police officers (professionally and politely) compelled the gathered crowd to disperse, rally attendees grumbled at the prospect of their own congressman’s office terminating their first amendment, free speech protest. A protest that was peaceful and non-invasive in contrast to prior leftist assaults on the office of former 5th District Congressman, Virgil Goode.

"Shut up", they explained.

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