I've read it through three times now and I don't see what's so execrable about it. They'll take DNA samples of the same people they take fingerprints of now. Where's the privacy issue?
does fingerprinting happen when arrested, or when charged and booked? because, uh, a friend of mine, was arrested once and then released before being booked, charged or mug shotted and was not fingerprinted. but maybe it differs by state?
I was fingerprinted to work for the city and county of San Francisco, for what it's worth. I had to go to the SOMA jail to do it.
I was only arrested. No handcuffs, no car. It happened on the Berkeley campus in the late 1980s and I was walked to the basement of Sproul Hall. They took my prints (no picture that I can recall), interviewed me awhile, then told me they didn't want me after all. I'm so fucking sweet.
Because a DNA sample is INVASIVE, while fingerprints are not. You can tell a lot about a person based on a DNA sample...for example, if they have a particular kind of disease, or a likelihood for contracting it in the future. Or things about ethnic heritage. Or any number of other things.
ALL fingerprints can do is offer a unique visual signature of a person's identity. DNA gives you some of the most profound information about a person that exists.
Also, it extends to ALL 'felons'. Do we need a DNA sample from Ken Lay? What a waste of time, money, and resources THAT is. Never mind invasive.
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I R IDJIT, apparently
Date: 2004-11-03 12:21 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-11-03 04:55 pm (UTC)arrested, or charged?
Date: 2004-11-03 06:45 pm (UTC)I was fingerprinted to work for the city and county of San Francisco, for what it's worth. I had to go to the SOMA jail to do it.
Re: arrested, or charged?
Date: 2004-11-03 06:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-03 12:31 pm (UTC)Re: I R IDJIT, apparently
Date: 2004-11-03 12:43 pm (UTC)ALL fingerprints can do is offer a unique visual signature of a person's identity. DNA gives you some of the most profound information about a person that exists.
Also, it extends to ALL 'felons'. Do we need a DNA sample from Ken Lay? What a waste of time, money, and resources THAT is. Never mind invasive.