MINNEAPOLIS – The city of Minneapolis has 950 cameras recording everything happening on the streets and near city buildings, and some immigration activists and City Council members want that footage saved longer than usual before it’s automatically deleted.
While federal immigration agents remain in the city, the footage can document what those masked agents are doing – including illegal conduct, they say.
Even groups and council members normally opposed to government surveillance support the idea. But Mayor Jacob Frey’s administration is resisting the move, saying increasing access to the footage could make it more likely to be used by federal immigration officials against residents – protesters and immigrants…