Minnesota cities pull back on Flock cameras amid public pushback

Our top story tonight. Flock cameras are sparking a great debate across the country, with some police praising them as crime-fighting tools, while critics cite privacy concerns. Now a growing number of communities in Minnesota are taking a step back from the controversial automated license plate readers. Maury Glover joins me now with the reasons why. Maury? Well, for weeks we've been telling you about public pushback against flock cameras, with some communities reporting the cameras being vandalized or taken down. Now some cities are saying they've had enough. There's a lot of concern about mass surveillance, government overreach. North Branch Mayor Kevin Scheiber says he's pausing his city's contract with Flock and putting bags over the three automated license plate readers that have been installed so far around his community, because of the controversy surrounding ALPR. During an interview on All Day, he said public pushback has intensified since North Branch started using the cameras earlier this year, and he wants to give residents time to understand the issues surrounding them. That doesn't help anybody. Scheiber says with the prevalence of cameras everywhere, from doorbells to interstates, public perception on cameras is getting worse.