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Resident urges Mountlake Terrace to cancel Flock camera contract, calls system "security theater"
Summary
At a council meeting, resident Adam Sakai urged Mountlake Terrace leaders to reverse a signed contract to install Flock surveillance cameras, arguing the system will harm residents and will not make the city safer. He urged alternative public-health investments and thanked council members who opposed the cameras.
Adam Sakai, a Mountlake Terrace resident, used his five minutes during public comment to urge the city to cancel a signed contract to install Flock surveillance cameras and to redirect funds toward public-health measures.
Sakai said the camera program "is nothing but a fascist band aid" and "security theater" that "will inevitably be used to harm members of our community." He also asserted that Flock “works with ICE,” saying federal agencies could obtain footage and use it against residents. Sakai called on the council to accept that signing the contract may have been a mistake and to decline further installation.
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