[Peace] "Red Light Cameras" [surveillance society -- DuPage-area discussion next week]

[Stuart Levy]

[Passed along from the IL Coalition for Justice, Peace and the Environment.
Note too: ICJPE's annual meeting will be at the IMC on April 9 & 10,
with Alexander Cockburn as Friday night keynote speaker and many panelists
on Saturday.  More at:  http://icjpe.org/
]

ACTION URL: http://icjpe.org/actions/?id=4368

ACTION NAME: Red Light Cameras

DATES: Mar  25, 2010 through Mar  25, 2010

TIME: 6:30 pm

ORGANIZATION: DuPage County Green Party

MORE INFO: www.socialjusticeindupage.org

DESCRIPTION: Event Time: Thursday March 25,2010, 6:30-8:30PM
Event Location: Westmont Public Library, 428 Cass, Westmont, IL 60559
Contact Name: Bob Mueller
Contact Phone: 630-280-0546
Web site: www.socialjusticeindupage.org

Across the world, more and more cameras are going up in public places. In
London, nearly every inch of the city is under constant surveillance. In
Chicago, Mayor Daley has started installing cameras in "high-crime areas" and
wants more. Many local communities, such as Naperville, Lombard, and Westmont,
have red light cameras in place to record traffic infractions.

There has been recent debate in the state legislature on allowing cameras to
monitor roadways in Illinois to catch speeders. Do these surveillance systems
make us safer or merely more prone to abuses of power? What safeguards are in
place to protect civil rights? Are there trade-offs that can be made to balance
the increase in surveillance?

Jerry Moore, columnist for Suburban Life newspapers, will moderate a discussion
on "Red Light Cameras: Civil Rights vs. Surveillance", March 25, at the Westmont
Public Library, 428 North Cass Avenue, Westmont. Sponsored by the DuPage County
Green Party. For more information, visit www.socialjusticeindupage.org


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