WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Demonstrators gathered in downtown Wichita on Thursday to protest the city’s use of Flock cameras.
The demonstration took place at Central Avenue and North Main Street, across from City Hall. The group behind it calls the police department’s use of nearly 200 cameras a privacy issue.
“The Constitution and the Fourth Amendment says we have the right to privacy,” protester Tom Maffei said. “The right to privacy isn’t necessarily the pictures on the street, but the information that somebody’s given to a private corporation that you think you can trust.”
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