Abdul El-Sayed
Role at the time: 2026 Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan
Condemned
Statement summary
El-Sayed criticized the proliferation of Flock cameras and linked his opponent to a broader surveillance regime. He did not make an explicit ban proposal in this video.
“There's been this mass proliferation of Flock cameras, any and everywhere, watching your every move to collect information without you even noticing.”
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Candidate statement from Chaz Molder and El-Sayed campaign video description
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. El-Sayed criticized the mass proliferation of Flock cameras and their collection of information without people noticing. He did not name a remedy in this video, so the statement is placed as critical with no remedy named. Criticizing the network fits Condemned.