Woman Arrested After City Council Denies Residents Right to Speak on Flock Cameras
A woman was arrested at a city council meeting in Springfield, Missouri, for protesting the use of Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
In Springfield, Missouri, a woman named Mia Heider was arrested and charged with disrupting the peace after speaking out against the city's use of Flock Safety automated license plate readers (ALPRs) during a city council meeting. The council had moved to send a resolution for a camera review to committee, preventing public comment, which sparked outrage. Another person was detained and ticketed as police cleared the room.
- A woman was arrested after speaking against Flock Safety ALPR cameras at a Springfield city council meeting.
- The council voted to send a resolution for a camera review to committee, preventing public comment.
- Police detained two people, including a photographer, during the tense meeting.
- The incident highlights tensions between surveillance technology and civil liberties.
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Citizens of Springfield, Missouri showed up to a city council meeting to discuss the city’s Flock contract. The mayor shut them down and arrested two people for ‘disruption of meetings of city council.’
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