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[2 of 2] The Surveillance State – Charles Farrier

Charles Farrier discusses the creeping surveillance state and brings up some pertinent facts regarding the crime statisitcs and their embellishment by political and police service actors. A succinct and informative presentation delivered with ironic humour when appropriate. “The UK is the most spied upon nation in the world – why doesn’t it have the lowest crime rate? “Whatever happened to the UK’s common law value of ‘innocent until proven guilty’? “Research shows that CCTV simply does not work, so isn’t it just a huge waste of money? “Why do the media, police and government portray CCTV as an effective tool? “Why has there been no public debate?” – ‘No CCTV’ Website Filmed at the 3rd ‘Lawful Rebellion’ conference, The British Constitution Group, London 31st of October 2009 by BBC5tv www.bbc5.tv

[1 of 2] The Surveillance State – Charles Farrier

Charles Farrier discusses the creeping surveillance state and brings up some pertinent facts regarding the crime statisitcs and their embellishment by political and police service actors. A succinct and informative presentation delivered with ironic humour when appropriate. “The UK is the most spied upon nation in the world – why doesn’t it have the lowest crime rate? “Whatever happened to the UK’s common law value of ‘innocent until proven guilty’? “Research shows that CCTV simply does not work, so isn’t it just a huge waste of money? “Why do the media, police and government portray CCTV as an effective tool? “Why has there been no public debate?” – ‘No CCTV’ Website Filmed at the 3rd ‘Lawful Rebellion’ conference, The British Constitution Group, London 31st of October 2009 by BBC5tv www.bbc5.tv

John Paul Stevens to Retire From US Supreme Court: Video

April 9 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Al Hunt and Peter Cook talk with Margaret Brennan about Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens’s plan to retire and the outlook for his potential successors. The retirement of Stevens, the court’s liberal wing leader and its oldest justice at age 89, gives President Barack Obama his second chance to shape the closely divided court by appointing a successor. The Obama administration is focusing on three candidates to succeed Stevens: US Solicitor General Elena Kagan and federal appellate judges Diane Wood and Merrick Garland, according to a White House official familiar with the situation. (Source: Bloomberg)

He Walked by Night: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell (1948 Movie)

DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchived.blogspot.com He Walked by Night (1948) is a black-and-white police procedural film noir, crediting Alfred L. Werker as director. The film, shot in semidocumentary tone, was allegedly based on the real-life actions of Erwin “Machine-Gun” Walker. During production, one of the actors, Jack Webb, struck up a friendship with the police technical advisor, Detective Sergeant Marty Wynn, and was inspired by a conversation with Wynn to create the radio and later television program Dragnet. He Walked by Night was released by Eagle-Lion Films and is notable for the camera work by renowned noir cinematographer John Alton. Today the film is in public domain. On a Los Angeles street, Officer Hollis, a patrolman on his way home from work, stops a man he suspects of being a burglar and is shot and mortally wounded. The minor clues lead nowhere. Two police detectives, Sergeants Marty Brennan (Brady) and Chuck Jones (Cardwell), are assigned to catch the killer, Roy Morgan (Basehart), a brilliant mystery man with no known criminal past, who is hiding in a Hollywood bungalow and listening to police calls on his custom radio in an attempt to avoid capture. His only relationship is with his little dog. Roy consigns burgled electronic equipment to Paul Reeves (Whit Bissell), and on his fifth sale is nearly caught when he shows up to collect on his property. Reeves tells police that the suspect is a mystery man named Roy Martin. The case crosses the paths of …