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posted by janrinok on Sunday August 07 2016, @09:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the do-you-see-what-I-see? dept.

Gizmodo reports that the FBI has responded to an ACLU FOIA request by releasing 18 hours of surveillance video from the protests in Baltimore that followed the death of Freddie Gray in 2015. From the article:

According to the ACLU, the videos are all shot from traditional piloted aircraft. But as the ACLU points out drones can be seen in many of the videos. It's unclear if these drones were piloted by police, protesters, curious onlookers, or all of the above.

The videos, which all date from April 29, 2015 to May 3, 2015, switch from infrared (IR) to traditional camera mode and zoom in at various times -- though even at the maximum zoom it doesn't appear that any faces are clearly discernible. All 18 hours of raw video are available at the FBI's website. [The article contains the link.]

[...] After the protests occurred it was revealed in October 2015 that FBI planes using night vision and registered under fake businesses had been operating around the protest locations. This is the first time that footage from those planes has been released. As the ACLU notes, it's not clear what the FBI's records retention policy for videos like these might be and how they could be used for future investigations.

In response to an ACLU Freedom of Information Act request, the FBI has released more than 18 hours of video from surveillance cameras installed on FBI aircraft that flew over Baltimore in the days after the death of Freddie Gray in police custody in 2015. The videos, which were released to the ACLU before being posted online by the FBI this week, offer a rare and comprehensive view of the workings of a government surveillance operation. While the release of the footage addresses some questions, it leaves others unanswered.

https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/fbi-releases-secret-spy-plane-footage-freddie-gray-protests


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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 07 2016, @09:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 07 2016, @09:44PM (#385055)

    I'm between emigrating and disappearing up into a community/area like that. Is it still possible to buy property near there? How (un)friendly are the locals to newcomers moving in to keep to themselves? Not interesting in causing trouble, but also not looking to waste 30k per permit improving my own land.

    Any information or links you might have would be appreciated.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 07 2016, @11:21PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 07 2016, @11:21PM (#385080)

    I don't know anything at all about county inspectors. I didn't even know that was a thing until I graduated college and bought my first house in a metro area. I saw all sorts of shit people did to their houses when I was growing up that probably aren't kosher. Areas like Moore County, Hoke County, and Cumberland county all have different regs, so it depends. They were all trying to clean up their image and then the recession hit.

    Property is still pretty cheap. Land value in the community where I grew up is still very low, about $5k/acre in some places. Mostly because of the reputation and it being very hard to access.

    My community never had a problem with newcomers. Just don't be an asshole. Sorry, I do not know where you can get more information, most people that have internet are either on dial-up or satellite. Actually I take that back; I know they set up some sort of mesh wireless network the last time I visited (my parents still live there). Some guy put up a tower in his yard and pulls internet from a friend a few miles away, and splits it up among the locals. I thought it was pretty cool. Maybe that answers your question about inspectors?

    A few months ago, there was a pretty big story about a Trump supporter who did an interview and had a Celtic Cross tattoo on her hand, and themes of racism, etc. Anyway, she is from the Tilley family, and they moved out of our community a few years back to start their own business in construction or something. Nice people.