red.The use of these cameras in the private sector allows businesses to try anddetermine the motives of the people shopping there. People that do not appear to be goodconsumers are identified and may be asked to leave the premises. Or in the case of publicstreets, people that look like potential troublemakers can be harassed or detained for noother reason than their appearance.The net effect of labeling people as consumers and non-consumers is that it breedssocial inequality. This targeting can be based on nothing more than a persons appearance. Certain groups that can be identified only by superficial characteristics, such as theimpoverished, are routinely overtargeted by this system. It serves as a method of purifyingan establishment by eliminating what the store may consider to be undesirable shoppers. Such an example of profiling and over-policing goes completely against this countrysnotion of equality under the law and is a blatant example of infringement upon our mostbasic civil liberties.Minorities are often targeted based on appearance. In the status quo, it ispermissible to do this even if they have done nothing wrong. Basing judgements on racialor ethnic differences is inherently racist and sets back equality movements in this countryby promoting segregation.This systematic exclusion in public places promotes what is known ashyper-polarization. Attempts to target and eliminate people based on class or racialdifferences inevitably leads to alienation of these segments of society. The governmentsdecision not to become involved makes it complicit in this means of discrimination,moving us one step closer towards de-facto discrimination. Such hyper-polarization could lead to overt class conflict in the form of massresistance or rioting. Facing no alternatives can certainly lead to extreme reactions. Thiswill also serve to justify greater methods of social control. In the face of societal chaosthere would seem to be little alterna...
