"We don't have much Constitutional protection of privacy in public and there is no reasonable assumption why we should."
True, the courts haved ruled that there is lessened expectation of privacy in public but just how "public" are streets monitored 24/7 by cameras supplied by a private corporation? But for the Target Corporation, the MPD would not be using these cameras at this time. Blanket video surveillance for the purpose of crime prevention on this scale is new for the City of Mpls. - it is not the same thing as a WCCO webcam filming Nicollet Mall, a MNDOT camera filming rush hour, or an MTC camera filming passengers boarding a bus. In the context of the many privacy concerns ushered in by the PATRIOT ACT, concerns affirmed by the recent resolution passed by our council, a public hearing was warranted on this issue.
Amy Draeger Audubon Park (another card-carrying member of the ACLU)
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