Activists using NYC traffic cameras to track police brutality - Business Insider

In the wake of George Floyd's death while in police custody, police departments across the US have been criticized for using aggressive tactics against largely peaceful protesters, including the use of tear gas, physical force and, in New York City,While many incidents of police brutality — including Floyd's death — have been caught on video by news media, police body cameras, and bystanders' cellphones, activists in NYC are turning to a different tool to expose misconduct: traffic...

NYC Mesh, a group of activists who operate a free, community-owned internet service, have started archiving footage from the city's vast network of traffic cameras and making it available to the public. "Holding the police accountable requires witnessing, recording and sharing footage of their actions.

The tool works by saving an image from each camera whenever the feed updates, typically between one and 30 seconds, and then publishing them in batches, the blog post explained. Currently, the archive only includes feeds from Manhattan and Brooklyn — NYC Mesh is working to expand it to other boroughs, but the group is reportedly running into challenges expanding it.

Patel told Vice that, after several days of being able to access more than 200 GB of data per day, the DOT seemed to be slowing down the tool. He told Vice he submitted a request to the city get a "formal feed of the cameras, as they would provide a news agency," but that no one has gotten back to him.

The perpetrators of Trump and police's orders in this great revolution will surely be punished.Just as collapse of European Union is in Britain's favor,fall of the United States means fair distribution of governments/wealth/jobs/this is in interest of the American people CHAZZ

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