Cities across the United States are installing hidden surviellance cameras that track everyone, everywhere, and nobody, not even Donald Trump, is talking about this. What are the Top 10 most surveilled cities in the U.S.? We’ve got the list!
My old colleagues at World Net Daily have an interesting story up today about the city of Norfolk, Virginia. City officials have transformed Norfolk into a virtual lock-down surveillance society with more than 172 high-resolution, internet-connected cameras monitoring practically all human movement.
Of course Norfolk is not terribly unique in this regard and we have a full report below, including a Top 10 list of most surveilled American cities.
Multitudes of cities of all sizes across the U.S. are jumping on the technocracy bandwagon and setting up hidden surveillance cameras on every corner. They’re on light poles, bridges and overpasses, stoplights, buildings, you name it. Some are equipped with speakers so they can also listen in on what’s being said.
They claim it’s for our “safety.”
What makes Norfolk unique is a group of citizens is fighting back. They’ve filed a lawsuit against the city, which is something that needs to happen in every city that implements this technology.
A lawsuit has been filed that accuses elected officials in Norfolk, Virginia, of using a network of 170 cameras to impose a warrantless surveillance scheme on residents and visitors.
The Institute for Justice has filed the suit on behalf of several plaintiffs, charging that the actions violate Fourth Amendment rights protecting U.S. citizens against unwarranted searches and seizures.
The system allows police “to monitor the comings and goings of all drivers in the city,” the legal team said.
Lee Schmidt, one of the plaintiffs, said, “I don’t like the government following my every movement and treating me like a criminal suspect, when they have no reason to believe I’ve done anything wrong.”
Another plaintiff, Crystal Arrington, stated, “My work requires me to drive around Norfolk very often, and it’s incredibly disturbing to know the city can track my every move during that time.”
The Institute for Justice explained that in 2023, Norfolk police partnered with a private company called Flock Safety Inc. to install 172 automatic license-plate reading cameras all across town.
The locations were chosen to provide a so-called “curtain of technology,” which would allow police to watch anyone drive anywhere without knowing they’re being watched.
The Institute noted:
“Unlike traditional traffic cameras, which capture an image only when they sense speeding or someone running a red light, Flock’s cameras capture images of every car driving by, which it retains for at least 30 days. Artificial intelligence then uses those images to create a ‘Vehicle Fingerprint’ that enables any Flock subscriber to both track where that vehicle has gone and identify what other vehicles it has been seen nearby.”
Institute for Justice lawyer Michael Soyfer stated:
“Norfolk has created a dragnet that allows the government to monitor everyone’s day-to-day movements without a warrant or probable cause. This type of mass surveillance is a blatant violation of the Fourth Amendment.”
Making the violation worse, the Institute noted, is that since Flock “pools its data in a centralized database, police across the entire country can access over 1 billion monthly datapoints. That means not just tracking drivers within a particular jurisdiction, but potentially across the entire nation.”
“Following someone’s every move can tell you some incredibly intimate details about them, such as where they work, who they associate with, whether or not they’re religious, what hobbies they have, and any medical conditions they may have,” said IJ lawyer Robert Frommer. “This type of intrusive, ongoing monitoring of someone’s life is not just creepy, it’s unconstitutional.”
The scheme gives police the ability to spy on people without any judicial oversight.
Imagine walking into court to challenge a ticket when the only evidence is from a machine powered by artificial intelligence. We already know that AI allows for deep fake videos. Think of the potential for abuse here.
The really sick part of this story is that the Agenda 2030 surveillance state is being implemented at the local level. And many cities are able to pay for the digital enslavement of their residents with federal dollars as the incentive. Why aren’t more Republican political figures talking about this?
Some abuses have already been documented, the Institute said, noting just a couple of examples:
- In Kansas, the Institute reports that officials were caught using Flock to stalk their exes, including one police chief who used Flock 228 times over four months to track his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend’s vehicles.
- In California, several police departments violated California law by sharing data from their license-plate reader database with other departments across the country. And as is the case with other databases, these can be susceptible to hacking, which can reveal private data.
Comparitech looked at a variety of camera types that have become ubiquitous in U.S. cities of all sizes.
- Fixed CCTV cameras.
- Cameras accessed through real-time crime centers.
- Private cameras within the police force’s network.
- Cameras on public transport facilities.
- Traffic cameras.
- Streetlight cameras.
Not to mention, FedEx and Amazon are also spying on you each time they make a delivery to your home.
Tech writer Kim Komando reports in an October 22, 2022 article that the study even looked at police departments that access people’s private Ring doorbell data.
She writes: “Did you know that police can access your Ring footage without your permission? Tap or click here to stop law enforcement from asking you for any videos. While at it, you’ll want to disable Amazon’s shared wireless network, known as Sidewalk. Here’s how to opt out of Sidewalk on your Amazon devices.”
Using Census.gov data, this is what the Comparitech study showed:
- 44.2 million people are being monitored by 270,000 cameras.
- Atlanta was the most surveilled city, with a ratio of 48.93 cameras per 1,000 people.
- Chicago had the highest number of cameras at 32,000.
- 28 of the police departments have access to Ring doorbell technology and have submitted a total of 728 requests for access to footage in the third quarter of 2020.
The top 10 most surveilled cities in the US as of October 2022
Based on the number of cameras per 1,000 people, these are the 10 most surveilled cities in the U.S.:
- Atlanta, Georgia – 24,800 cameras for 506,811 people = 48.93 cameras per 1,000 people.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 28,064 cameras for 1,584,064 people = 17.72 cameras per 1,000 people.
- Denver, Colorado – 12,273 cameras for 727,211 people = 16.88 cameras per 1,000 people.
- Washington, District of Columbia – 11,441 cameras for 705,749 people = 16.21 cameras per 1,000 people.
- San Francisco, California – 14,266 cameras for 881,549 people = 16.18 cameras per 1,000 people.
- Las Vegas, Nevada – 10,208 cameras for 651,319 people = 15.67 cameras per 1,000 people.
- Detroit, Michigan – 8,836 cameras for 670,031 people = 13.19 cameras per 1,000 people.
- Chicago, Illinois – 32,000 cameras for 2,693,976 people = 11.88 cameras per 1,000 people.
- Portland, Oregon – 6,411 cameras for 654,741 people = 9.79 cameras per 1,000 people.
- Fresno, California – 4,706 cameras for 531,576 people = 8.85 cameras per 1,000 people.
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Did I just read “Trump will stop it”?
LOL, how can you be so naive. Try to visit Trump tower and see how much you under surveillance.
If Yankees think they live in a ‘free’ society or that your ‘elections’ are democratic or represent people’s choices, you are in for a rude awakening.
First elections are rigged or bought. 2020: rigged, Trump won and they stole the vote.
Elections are bought at all times, the ‘sponsors’ buy their actors and make them run, then own the winner. Be sure they invest on both sides, so they always win.
You have one party, the republicrats or democlicans, two sides of the same zionist coin.
They accuse each other’s of election meddling by China or Russia while israel dictates US foreign policy directly in congress.
All Middle eastern wars were israel wars, fought and paid for by Americans and Americans blood.
The next one they have in the pipeline is Iran, and this is why they selected Trump.
How do you call country where corporations, foreign agents and billionaires buy politicians and elections, own the media and most other institutions and try to make you believe you live in a republic?
A BANANA REPUBLIC…
And for those who think that BRICs will save us, they are of course controlled opposition and are basically proposing the exact same as western technocrats but are presented as an ‘multipolar’ alternative by corrupt, misinformed or naive alt-journalists, as seen after their Kazan meeting
Excerpts from the declaration:
“We reaffirm our commitment to maintaining a strong and effective Global Financial Safety Net with a quota-based and adequately resourced IMF at its center.”
“We stress the universal and inclusive nature of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals”
“BRICS supports public-private partnerships to help nations achieve their Sustainable Development Goals” (STRAIGHT FROM KLAUS SCHWAB WEF ‘GREAT RESET’ IT SEEMS)
“We reiterate that the objectives, principles and provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), its Kyoto Protocol and its Paris Agreement”
“We recognise the important role of carbon markets as one of the drivers of climate action”
” “We reiterate our support to the central coordinating role of the World Health Organization in the implementation of multilateral international efforts to protect public health from infectious diseases and epidemics and commit to reform and strengthen the international pandemic prevention, preparedness and response system. ”
” “We support the initiatives of the BRICS R&D Vaccine Center, further development of the BRICS Integrated Early Warning System”
BRICS supports “digital transformation” using 5G and other “emerging technologies”.
Cherry on the cake, Russia just announced that they will roll-out the Ruble CDBC from spring 2025 and already menace Russian banks who refuse to be part of it. The useful idiots or propagandists even dare to tell us that it is an anti-globalist move…
Our future rest in our hands, if we do nothing, then they will do everythiung for us, that is against us.
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Halloween…10/31….10+31 = 41
Genesis 3 begins with 38 words…38+3 = 41…the serpent.
Job 41….leviathan
Genesis 41; all the world must come to Pharaoh (beast) for food (mark based economy)
Ezekiel 28:13…Satan…28+13 = 41
Matthew 25:41…the goats…the devil & his angels
Matthew 4:1…the devil
This pattern shows up in multiple ways all throughout Scripture. 41 is the devil’s other number.
World Economic Forum = 18 letters….18 = 6+6+6
World Health Organization = 23 letters…2÷3 = .666
23+18 = 41…and both Satanic organizations are located in the current seat & dwelling place of Satan, Geneva Switzerland…country code 41.
Geneva area code is 22. The story of Balak & Baalam begins in Numbers 22 & Baalam & Balak & referenced in the Pergamos (seat of Satan) prophecy (Rev 2:12-17).
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so… if those words, in another language, do NOT add up to the same sinister digits, does it still count?
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Interestingly, for the most part, the most surveilled cities are also the cities with the highest crime rates. Coincidental? I think not. They aren’t interested in crime, only dissident political thought. Wear the wrong T-shirt, have the wrong bumper sticker, go to the wrong event and they will care.
Be prepared, be vigilant and know that Jesus is Lord.
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I think we will quickly get to that – its the logical next step.
but right now the vast majority of this crap, in the US at least, is for revenue generation. with decreasing cops and other LEO, and with those left “stuck” on more difficult things like crime waves and DEI legalistics injected into the system to bring it screeching to a halt… municipalities need money.
so they are ticketing the ever-loving hell out of everyone lately, whether you are guilty of something or not, it is all determined by machine sand automation now. and then they form processes that make it virtually impossible to challenge or question. they know that, short of massive backlash and outright refusal to comply, they can compel the vast majority of us to just give in and send our money to them, or fire it to collection agents who will harass and persecute.
this, too, must be addressed head on by small groups willing to shut it down, by whatever means are necessary. it is a key element of a fascist and authoritarian state, even if it is mostly pittances right now.
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A little humor may help.https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1850600542197666171
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Trump will stop it
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lulz. uh, how is he going to do that?
in fact, i predict that after a couple months of complete chaos and violent anarchy that the leftists will unleash on the former republic, Trump and the GOP will gleefully sign any “tough on crime” bill that is dropped in their lap. like PATRIOT ACT, it will be chock full of new powers for the Stasi, mysteriously already fully written and ready to go, that no one will read, but will definitely use it as re-election campaign commercial material.
the odds are good we are all voting for him, but my goodness, putting all our eggs and faith in one very flawed man to solve all the ills that plague this former republic…. where do we keep getting this idea?
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It is a tell tale sign of a nation of dependent people who have given up and will sell out to anyone that even resembles their idea of a savior. This is exactly what the Antichrist will do when he comes on the scene. The world will be in a desperate mess and he will have some seemingly good answers to many impossible problems. So all they have to do is worship him and give up what few freedoms they have left.
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Just guessing I guess, I don’t know you have more insight than I do
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At the moment, anyone in America should assume that they are being watched and listened to every moment of their life, including their bedrooms and bathrooms. After the election, when the gloves come off, very likely, monitoring will turn to censorship. Monitoring has been going on for decades to document and recall every little thing that may be used against those who do not cooperate with every new leftist agenda that comes along.
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its a safe assumption, agreed.
that said, i do not give a ** anymore – i will say whatever i please.
and right now, IMO, people should be forming very small groups: mask up, glove up, nondescript clothing, do not bring your cell phone and do not talk about it: remove these monstrosities when you see them, and ensure they cannot be re-used.
we have every right and responsibility to fight back against this tyranny anywhere and everywhere we see it and that we think we could get away with it or are willing to take the risk for the republic.
why do we keep consenting to this madness?
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As soon as you leave your house isn’t that public domain? Thus, searchable and watchable?
If they see you leave the house and return, maybe that’s an invasion of privacy? Lots of legal arguments here.
But to stop it any picture of you taken outside of your home cannot be entered as legal evidence?
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When a nation of people becomes crazy enough to let women have the right to vote, somebody probably needs to be watching them. Problem is, the people watching don’t have any more sanity than those with the camera pointed at them.
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Forgot to mention in my previous post that I won’t be using the crappy wi-fi powered home alarm systems and cameras. Based upon my research. Cellular powered home security systems, and wired (POE) surveillance cameras with battery backups are the best systems to use. I read too that using generic home alarm and video cameras are the best warning types to use. No need to advertise info for hackers to know how to hack and defeat your security systems. Hope this info helps someone who have found themselves in my predicament. I would also suggest to anyone to stay from the big box alarm companies who lock people into a 3+ year contract, while offering nothing more than a false sense of security while draining your wallet.
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I hate the fact that innocent people are tracked and traced for non-justiable reasons. However, I’m installing a home security system and cameras on my property. Video surveillance is the only deterrent I can think of that will deter people from trespassing on my property and doing as they please. Though I live in a rural area far away from most WOKE zones. I was naive to believe I could exist in peace without surveillance cameras and a home alarm system.
I told my local police that the next time I contact them thanks to thieves and trespassers. I would be providing then with video evidence that no one could dispute. This is one way that intrusive technology can be used by citizens for their personal benefit.
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Yes, the real issues never get talked about of course. It’s such a staged show! But this is a thing and I will share a longer comment about it on your other website where the same article is posted.
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This is something we can only fix at the local level. The presidential races are kind of a distraction since this will continue no matter who is selected for the WH.
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