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It's really scary that cops are detaining people they suspect of being criminals, photographing their tattoos and putting the tattoos into a database that can be searched.
And while this article didn't mention it I suspect they are taking the people they detain and photograph and searching the database they have to see if warrants exist for people with similar tattoos. There are also links to 3 other articles on the same subject of tattoos and cops. I read all of them. And it's scary how the police state has evolved. 1984 is here. It' just arrived 30 years late.
Source - Michael Denea Law Firm NOTHING SAYS YOU LIKE YOUR TATTOO The other day I was coming from court and I saw two police officers photographing a guy’s tattoos while standing on a light rail platform. It is common knowledge that the police and correctional officials utilize tattoos to identify perpetrators unknown and to identify and track membership in criminal street and prison gangs. It is true that a lot of criminals have ink, but not all inked people are criminals. Is there a big enough link between criminality and tattoos to justify collecting tattoo information from non-criminals? What we learned from the attached articles goes much deeper than identifying known convicts. Your tattoos, if you have any, say a lot about you, and it is pretty clear that they constitute First Amendment expression. You may tattoo the names of family members on your back or an icon of your religious beliefs on your shoulder or the logo for a military unit or other association. Now imagine a photograph of those tattoos being stored in a shadowy government database – a database accessed by law enforcement officials or “scientists” who are creating a tattoo “database” of algorithms that track movement, association and potential conduct, with all of it based on body art. How is the Government getting your tattoo information? We learned that the FBI may begin pressuring tattoo shops to provide the name and contact information of customers, along with a description or picture of the tattoos these customers receive. Now, by virtue of your tattoo, your presence has been “compelled” into a national database or registry, in much the same way the government purports to track felons and sex offenders with DNA. But you haven’t done anything wrong other than get a tattoo. One in five American males has ink. Under these new government sponsored algorithms, ink could be used to track and group individuals according to their beliefs and their associations. We can envision people getting questioned for transgressions committed by others whose names were tattooed at some point in the past. There could be a religious database of those adorned with religious tattoos. A database of tattoos related to military associations and veterans groups is also possible. This would permit the Government to track and compile information on individuals who are Muslims simply because the person chose, at some point in life, to get religious symbols or Arabic letters tattooed on his/her body. What is the Government doing with your tattoo information? Information on your tattoos is being shared with third parties. Tattoos are showing up in databases that are now available through “high end” background checks. Imagine sitting for a job interview, while the interviewer knows about the tattoos under your shirt. The Government is acquiring, collecting and then re-disseminating private personal information about you without your permission or knowledge. That should definitely be getting under your skin. For information about the software and how it works, click here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3624147/FBI-fire-privacy-concerns-secret-project-recognise-people-TATTOOS.html For information on the pressure placed on tattoo shops to divulge customer information, click here: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/06/tattoo-recognition-research-threatens-free-speech-and-privacy
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