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Is it illegal to have house parties in NYC? Why is the NYPD busting up keggers like campus police?
It becomes illegal when there are too many people there, or there is violence, underage drinking, drug usage, and if it's too loud, the attendees are parking in the street blocking traffic, fire risks all sorts of shit
They are not responding to complains, they are searching themselves
The article specifically says in response to complaints...
It will be construed as, they can start indefinite surveillance on an area after a complaint is filed at any time.
"Someone complained 3 weeks ago so we're just checking it out"
As does the first amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
Those sound like things they need a warrant to learn about in a place with a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Are they doing this in white, affluent communities?
We should try to make them
That's all stuff people can call the cops for, no need for surveillance.
So you didn't read the article?
They say 'if a caller reports a large crowd, they'll send a drone', not 'if a crime is reported'. That's still surveillance, being in a large crowd isn't a crime by itself.
It was an incomplete article that did not properly explain what the supposed legitimate issue is.
So the cops and fuck with your backyard party if you smoke a joint?
Joint? Nah, hard drugs, fo sho (unless you are a billionaire).
What a waste of time and resources.
How they will distinguish cigaretes, joints and hard drugs?
Skin color
How would a drone know? Other than capacity and street violations, there's nothing that a drone should realistically be able to identify.
I think the drone operators would do the identifying part
no, as grass is legal in nyc now, but if you're blowing lines and smoking crack, trippin balls, or tweakin, they probably should, you know, for the kids in the neighborhood you nincompoop
So people having fun is a problem for you lol