Beau Hawk
Role at the time: Democratic nominee for Knox County mayor
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
Hawk said that until protections for people's constitutional rights are in place, he would not support Flock cameras.
“Until we kind of ensure that those protections are in place to make sure that people’s constitutional rights are protected, I would not support Flock cameras.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Do Knox Co. mayoral candidates Beau Hawk and Betsy Henderson support Flock cameras?Subheading quoting Hawk and the paragraphs after it
WATE report on the Knox County mayoral candidates' positions on the sheriff's office plan to install Flock cameras, from a Tennessee This Week taping.
Why we used this label
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Hawk says he would not support Flock cameras until protections for constitutional rights are in place. His opposition depends on an express condition, so Mixed or conditional fits.