- United States
- Colo.
- Letter
An Open Letter
To: Mayor Johnston
From: A verified voter in Denver, CO
October 31
You have lost my vote. Cancel the FLOCK camera contract.
The people have spoken through their representatives (via city council) and have voted for use of FLOCK cameras to be discontinued. Instead of respecting the people's will, you have unilaterally invaded the privacy of every person in Denver. These FLOCK cameras are used to terrorize people for living their daily lives, by helping the ICE commit unconstitutional acts like arresting innocent people. This data sharing violates Denver law of not sharing info about driving habits and movements across the city.
I thought you were going to be working too help the city, but instead you have become a limp-dicked puppet of Michael Bloomberg and the Trump administration, doing their bidding at the exclusion of my and out City's well-being. You have broken your oath of office and broken the trust of everyone in Denver by circumventing the $500k contract threshold. I am ashamed of you, and so should your staff. You are licking the boots of people who will crush you under them as soon as you stop being useful to them.
Grow a spine and cancel the contract.