""[They] live under the constant gaze of DAS surveillance as the NYPD mounted a box with two cameras directly outside their home, aimed at their living room and bedroom windows," the lawsuit states. "The cameras' presence has transformed what should be their place of safety into a space of anxiety. They have covered their windows with foil to block the cameras' view, depriving themselves of sunlight and the simple enjoyment of looking outside.""
""You are being watched," declares the lawsuit - which is the first of its kind to challenge the department's sprawling surveillance system. "Today, throughout New York City, the police are monitoring, tracking, and cataloguing you. Nearly everywhere. Nearly all the time," states the lawsuit, filed Monday in New York federal court. The camera in question near the couple's home is mounted on a pole on the sidewalk across from their apartment, and appears to also pick up footage from other homes on the block."
Pamela Wridt and Robert Sauve of Bedford-Stuyvesant filed a federal lawsuit after a DAS camera was mounted on a pole across from their Herkimer Street apartment and aimed at their living room and bedroom windows. The couple says the camera forced them to cover their windows with foil, depriving them of sunlight and privacy and causing anxiety. The complaint alleges the camera and the city's Domain Awareness System, including stationary cameras and those on drones and helicopters, violate their First and Fourth Amendment rights to privacy and free expression. The suit states police monitor, track, and catalogue people nearly everywhere and is the first to challenge the department's sprawling surveillance system; previous suits targeted smaller aspects of the NYPD's $3 billion surveillance.
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