By Erica C. Barnett Mayor Katie Wilson announced she’ll proceed with an expansion of police surveillance in the Central District,…
This seems like a pretty straight ahead protection we should have under the 4th amendment. Mayor Katie falling down on privacy and surveillance is extremely disappointing
Wilson’s announcement did not include the most ambitious recommendation from the NYU report, which said Seattle should require police to get a warrant before they go through footage “retrospectively” to track a person’s past movements. The report said this step was important to protect people from unlawful searches, and noted that it would only apply in the relatively rare circumstances when police want to track where someone went as part of an investigation, not in situations like a real-time response or to look at a crime scene remotely.
She seems to be playing the politics game, and not well.
Damn that yall were supposed to be progressive? Sounds like she right wing fascist.
Surprise?
Many opponents of police surveillance have expressed concerns that camera footage could be obtained by ICE or outside law enforcement agencies to track down immigrants or target people seeking abortions or gender-affirming care.
In a statement, the privacy advocates at Community Not Cameras, said, “Mayor Wilson’s campaign platform acknowledged that ‘Seattle can’t be a true sanctuary city if ICE can access data about you.’ Yet the audit makes clear that the City’s policies cannot eliminate that possibility.”
The report itself pointed this risk out explicitly, noting that all that’s required to obtain footage is a subpoena or simple records request (which can be anonymous, and don’t require a requester to state the reason for their request).
