“I want there to be an army down here,” he said. “Because I want people who are coming from Winston-Salem, from High Point, from Siler City to know that we mean business. I want cameras downtown. I want people that are loitering to know that we’re watching them.”Think about a downtown policed by militarized patrols where the city "wants you to know" that lingering a little too long will have you subject to closer secret and remote observation, where all of your movements are subject to being covertly tracked and monitored.
These ideas, were they to come to fruition, would be costly, oppressive, hostile and, worst of all, they would kill downtown.
Because there's no downtown event so cool, no downtown moment so enjoyable, that an armored personnel carrier wouldn't make it better.
ReplyDeleteAnd people thought this guy was qualified to be a congresscritter. Jesus wept.