Major U.S. City’s Plan to Spy on Citizens Draws Fierce Opposition

Plans by the city of Houston to require businesses to install surveillance cameras – and then give police access – has drawn a warning letter from a second civil-rights organization.

WND reported in May when the Institute for Justice warned city officials the spy plans were unrealistic and illegal, because they would be in violation of the 4th Amendment.

Now the Rutherford Institute is raising related concerns.

The civil and religious rights organization said the city’s “Exterior Security Cameras Ordinance” is nothing more than a “thinly veiled attempt to evade oversight and accountability for Fourth Amendment violations.”

The ordinance was adopted in April and demands businesses install a citywide digital surveillance system that can be accessed by police without a search warrant. (Read more from “Major U.S. City’s Plan to Spy on Citizens Draws Fierce Opposition” HERE)

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