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Santa Cruz Indymedia | Police StateSurveillance Camera Walking Tour in Downtown Santa Cruz
On April 30th, I attended Free Skool Santa Cruz's Surveillance Camera Walking Tour. After meeting at the Clocktower, we walked up Mission Street to get a bird's eye view of the downtown. Our class started off with about a dozen people, including professor Winston Smith. In addition to pointing out cameras, our lesson for the day was to discuss various types of surveillance and the effects it has on individuals and society. ![]() moonzoom_4-30-06.jpg Here's the class description as published on the SC-IMC calendar.
Free Skool Santa Cruz presents: Surveillance Camera Walking Tour Clocktower downtown with Winston Smith A Sunday stroll around the downtown grid identifying contemporary methods of surveillance. We will derivé, or drift, through the evermore controlled terrain of public space with the intention of understanding camera placements and capabilities, as well as the behaviors conditioned by the idiom 'you are being watched.' Sun Apr 30, Sun May 7 1pm ------------- For information on Free Skool Santa Cruz, check: http://santacruz.freeskool.org ------------ Only someone completely distrustful of all government would be opposed to what we are doing with surveillance cameras. -- NYC Police Commissioner Howard Safir, 27 July 1999. the Surveillance Camera Players: completely distrustful of all government. New York Surveillance Camera Players http://www.notbored.org/the-scp.html ------------ For more information on Surveillance, I highly suggest reading: The Soft Cage: Surveillance In America - From Slave Passes To The War On Terror http://www.akpress.org/2004/items/softcage Big Brother is watching you 24/7 http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0918/p20s02-bogn.html Here's some audio (and a rough transcript) focused on prisons and capitalism Lockdown America in 22 Minutes http://historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/audiocparenti.html mp3: http://historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/cparenti.mp3
Crossroads
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Doctor, What Are You Doing To Us?
![]() dr_4-30-06.jpg Surveillance cameras on Caffe Pergolesi's side patio
Snip Snip
![]() snip-snip_4-30-06.jpg The wires for Caffe Pergolesi's outside cameras have been snipped
Surveillance Camera Inside Caffe Pergolesi
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Parking Garage at Cedar and Church
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Santa Cruz City Hall
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See the Camera
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Reflection
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Outside the Catalyst
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Video and Audio Recording Inside the Catalyst
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A Camera to Watch Us Eat Pizza and Drink
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Santa Cruz Metro Center
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Alley by the Santa Cruz Metro Center
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No Films For This Cinema 9 Camera
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Shoppers Will Be Watched
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What Is This Camera On the Palomar Looking At?
![]() palomar-inn_4-30-06.jpg Answer: People drinking coffee (etc) in SCCRC's small patio area
Keeping An Eye On the Outside From Inside the Coffee Roasting Company
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Inside the Coffee Roasting Company
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Another Camera Inside the Coffee Roasting Company
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