David Dillie calls for control over Flock cameras
Democratic candidate for Georgia House District 161
“Hopefully we can get control of these Flock cameras. I understand privacy concerns When I leave my neighborhood they are following me. There has got to be a line between safety and now violating people’s rights.”
Source and context
Reporting
About this source
WTOC report on a Savannah Indivisible candidate forum covering data centers and Flock cameras.
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Dillie spoke at the Focus on the Future forum hosted by Savannah Indivisible, where candidates and state leaders took questions on data centers, Flock cameras and other issues.
After the quotation
Dillie faces incumbent Republican Rep. Bill Hitchens in the Nov. 3 general election.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
The reference point is whether networked license-plate readers such as Flock should exist and be used. Dillie said he hopes to get control of Flock cameras and that there must be a line between safety and violating people's rights. We used Mixed or conditional because he calls for limits and does not call for removing the cameras.
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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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