It’s 2013. Cameras are ubiquitous, and tyranny is eminent. If your house is raided and you don’t have a camera capturing it, then you weren’t preparing when you had the chance. The writing has been on the wall for a long time. Homes are being raided for no reason every day. Don’t wait until it’s too late. If you’ve been waiting for someone to hold your hand and show you a couple of options for protecting yourself for under $50, here it is:
Buy yourself a cheap video camera and set it up, with battery charged and tripod ready, at your front door. At the very least, keep a camera with a loaded battery on your windowsill or nearby any entryways to your home.
For a cheap camera, you can buy nearly anything. There are literally $20 cameras that will do the job. No reason you need one more than $100.
Here’s what you should have:
Cheap Video Camera (link): This is what captures the footage. Don’t even think about resisting or doing anything heroic if there isn’t a camera rolling. It’s stupid. Don’t tell me about this or that happened to you…if you didn’t get it on video, I don’t waste my time hearing about it. You should have gotten it on video. There are people who are wrongly arrested every minute of every day. The only thing that makes an arrest worth fighting or covering is if you can SHARE an OBJECTIVE record of what happened. Video or nothing.
Memory (link): Goes inside video camera. Captures footage. This is what you pop out and put somewhere safe when the cops try to take your camera. This model is a micro SD card inside a regular sized shell of an SD card. If they insist on having your footage, give the cops the shell of the memory card rather than the micro. Pop the micro in your mouth. It’ll be okay.
Tripod (link): This is what the camera sits on. If you’re holding your camera when the police come in, expect to be shot. They want to see your hands in the air, and they want them empty. If you’re holding anything, it’s a weapon, they fear for their lives, and you are dead. Put your camera on a tripod, leave it plugged in and charging, and facing the door.
Now that you have these things, you are ready for a home invasion at a moment’s notice. You can get more complicated by purchasing a full home surveillance kit, depending on what your risk level is, but this is a basic instruction guide for 99% of people who are worried that they may one day have their privacy rights violated by police.
