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Greetings, Dear Reader,

I really do feel like I’m living in bizarro land sometimes.

No, liberals and conservatives who hate Flock cameras are not in agreement. Good lord.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, FLOCK OFF

Eighteen days after a CCTV camera recorded Iryna Zarutska dying in a massive pool of her own blood, future Mayor of Seattle Katie Wilson wrote that surveillance cameras were dangerous because “the Trump administration” would use them to harass “vulnerable” members of the public.

“Turning on more cameras won’t magically make our neighborhoods safer,” she wrote.

She’s right. The CCTV camera on the train that night did zilch to prevent Decarlos Brown Jr., a serial violent criminal with no fewer than 17 serious run-ins with the law, from slashing Zarutska’s throat and killing “that white girl.”

She’s also correct in assuming that, depending on the executive, such means of explicit public surveillance could be used for all sorts of nefarious purposes.

In the months after she made that statement, as the race for mayor heated up, several local reporters sought to get clarifying comments from her. Crime in Seattle was a growing problem. Certain crimes had even been caught on camera and........

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