The case was able to be dropped quickly because of the CCTV footage retrieved from the surveillance cameras that are kept in areas like subway stations and major intersections. I would love to see such cameras in greater use here in the United States under similar caveats that they are only ever consulted if a crime is alleged to have been committed under their purview and they are not used for general surveillance of the population. You already have a minimal expectation of privacy while in a public area anyway and I don’t see how having a video record kept for security is an intrusion of government into the lives of the people.
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I would not and do not like the Government Intrusion however they have been keeping Cops honest mostly. But MASkeptic, most “rapes” complained of do not happen in the bars. I do however agree with the result in this case.

At least we have preserved the most primitive forms of accountability …

http://blogdredd.blogspot.com/2009/07/when-accountability-is-plague.html

As always there is a potential for abuse but the problem is the Abusers not their tools.

This is of course different from Domestic Surveillance because Electronically Spying on Americans Without a Warrant is Illegal.