http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sheriff-no-big-brother-compton-air-surveillance-20140423,0,5648220.story#axzz2zl3KTZQ1

During one of my frequent daily check-ups of the Times, I came across this particular article that caught my interest. The title read: “Sheriff’s official: No ‘Big Brother’ with Compton air surveillance”. As I read further into the article, I began to relate it to Their Dogs Came With Them, specifically the Quarantine Authority. The unfathomable part of this story is that the citizens of Compton were not notified that they were being watched by what many view as “Big Brother”. Department officials stated “Compton was chosen, in part, because it features 10 square miles of flat topography.” To be frank, I don’t believe this at all. They said that it was a “part” of the reason, if anything it was a very small part. In my eyes, the larger reason was similar to that of the city in the novel placing the QA in East Los Angeles. Compton and much of South LA have similar societal and economic difficulties to that of the Eastside, both representing racial minorities. I feel that the QA and this air surveillance were conducted for the same reason, however both having very political answers given by the city as to the reason for their existence: one saying for rabies control and the latter saying because Compton had the ideal topography. I find this article uneasy, especially being an Angeleno, that the city thinks it has the right to essentially spy on its citizens. Lets hope city officials didn’t read this novel in a literal sense and actually enjoy the thought and possibility of the QA.