{"id":162,"date":"2012-02-13T23:12:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T23:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunstlerlaw.net\/?p=162"},"modified":"2020-02-27T23:13:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T23:13:31","slug":"new-objections-to-n-y-p-d-s-iris-photographing-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunstlerlaw.net\/index.php\/2012\/02\/13\/new-objections-to-n-y-p-d-s-iris-photographing-program\/","title":{"rendered":"New Objections to N.Y.P.D.\u2019s Iris Photographing Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> The New York Police Department began photographing \nthe irises of people arrested in Manhattan in 2010; officials said then \nthat the images would help prevent suspects from escaping. But the \nprogram drew criticism from criminal defense lawyers and civil liberties\n experts who expressed concern that it could infringe on individuals\u2019 \nprivacy, especially in cases in which the charges were eventually \ndropped.<\/p><p>More than a year later, as the program has been extended across the \ncity, opponents have renewed their objections and accused officers of \nsometimes pressuring people to submit to the photographs \u2014 which are \nsupposed to be optional \u2014 by keeping those who do not comply in custody \nlonger.<\/p><p>Ms. Wilson\u2019s lawyer, Rebecca Heinegg, said that her client was \neventually released without the photograph being taken, but that she was\n held for about 36 hours, longer than usual. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the rest of the article at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/02\/13\/nyregion\/new-objections-to-nypds-iris-photographing-program.html?_r=0\">the New York Times<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Police Department began photographing the irises of people arrested in Manhattan in 2010; officials said then that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunstlerlaw.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunstlerlaw.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunstlerlaw.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunstlerlaw.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunstlerlaw.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kunstlerlaw.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163,"href":"https:\/\/kunstlerlaw.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunstlerlaw.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunstlerlaw.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunstlerlaw.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}