posted December 26, 2013 10:11 AM
1. Not content with their current powers to employ drug dogs and dubious accusations to engage in asset forfeiture shakedowns of motorists, some states will pass laws making it illegal to have a space in your car where drugs could possibly be hidden, regardless of whether or not you've actually hidden any drugs in those spaces.2. Also on the forfeiture front: Taking the private prison idea one step further, prosecutors will begin hiring private security firms to pull over motorists in order to seize property for the local government. And they'll get to keep a cut of what they take.
3. Now that they've turned America's cities into surveillance societies, city officials will incredibly claim, incredibly, that using similar cameras to prevent abuse by law enforcement officers would be a violation of police officers' civil rights.
4. Big Brother will begin watching you in toilet stalls -- in order to prevent you from having illegal public sex in them.
5. Governments at all levels will start using license plate scanners to keep lists of who attends protests, political rallies, advocacy group meetings and -- yes -- even worship services.
6. It may soon become a crime merely to be in the general area where police believe other people are committing crimes.
In case you read just the headline and not the article
So as you've probably guessed by now -- especially if you clicked on the links -- the gag here is that none of these are actually predictions. They all happened in 2013. (A couple in 2012.)
I will make one real prediction for 2014: It's probably going to get worse. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/19/dire-civil-liberties-pred_n_4473698.html
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