Robin Wonsley
Role at the time: Member of the Minneapolis City Council for Ward 2
Statement summary
In her September 25, 2026 Ward 2 newsletter, Minneapolis Council Member Robin Wonsley wrote that she worked with Council Members Chavez, Stevenson and Osman on a resolution calling on the University of Minnesota and the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office to remove all Flock cameras across the city. She wrote that the cameras are part of a growing trend of excessive surveillance and that the committee approved the resolution with her voting in support.
“These cameras are part of a growing trend of excessive surveillance and technofascism. ... I worked with Council Members Chavez, Stevenson and Vice President Osman on a resolution calling on the University of Minnesota and Hennepin County Sheriff's Office to remove all Flock cameras across the city.”
Ward 2 newsletter from Council Member Robin Wonsley, sent through the City of Minneapolis bulletin service at 1:21 PM CDT on September 25, 2026. The Flock item is written in the first person by Wonsley (I worked with Council Members Chavez, Stevenson and Vice President Osman) and is her own newsletter, not a joint release.
Why we used this label
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Wonsley co-wrote a council resolution calling on the university and the county sheriff to remove all Flock cameras, voted for it in committee, and calls the cameras part of a trend of excessive surveillance. That is a call to end the cameras outright, so we labeled it Condemned and placed it at Ban on the remedy ladder. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional, which would fit a call for limits or a pause; the newsletter asks for removal.