大波士顿昆西市议会8比1通过决议促停用车牌识别摄像头 华裔议员苏珊·袁领衔提案

位于马萨诸塞州诺福克县的 Quincy 市,大波士顿地区华人聚居的昆西市(Quincy)市议会本周以8比1通过一项决议,敦促市长汤姆·科克(Tom Koch)立即移除或停用全市50台FlockSafety自动车牌识别摄像头,并终止与该公司的合同;该系统自2020年起在昆西公共道路上自动记录过往车辆的时间、地点、车牌、颜色与车型,数据上传云端供警方检索,且无需搜查令。决议由市议员苏珊·袁(Ziqiang SusanYuan)在10月19日的议会会议上提出,她是昆西首位在中国出生的当选官员;袁表示,自己作为移民的经历塑造了她对政府监控的看法,她援引亚裔社区居民的反应说,许多人不敢相信如此侵入性的监控能存在于美国,因为移民始终珍视美国的自由价值。
她同时提出一项条例,要求市政府今后采用特定监控技术前须经公开审查并获议会批准,该条例已送交条例委员会审议。决议不具约束力,警察局长马克·肯尼迪(MarkKennedy)20日回应称对决议感到失望、未承诺执行,仅表示将与市政府进一步检视技术使用方式;市长方面同样未作承诺,表示将先审阅议会建议。
会议公众发言环节有11位居民发言支持移除摄像头,居民组织指出全美已有42个市镇拒绝此类大规模监控;唯一投下反对票的是市议员诺埃尔·迪博纳(Noel DiBona)。
Quincy Council Votes 8-1 to Urge End of Flock License Plate Cameras; Chinese American Councilor Susan Yuan Leads Measure
In Quincy, a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, the Quincy City Council voted 8 to 1 on October 19 to adopt a non-binding resolution urging Mayor Tom Koch to immediately remove or deactivate the city's 50 automated license plate readers and end its contract with Flock Safety, in place since 2020. At-large Councilor Ziqiang Susan Yuan, a Chinese American member of the council, led the measure; a companion surveillance technology ordinance was sent to the ordinance committee.
"Who wants to be watched all the time?" Yuan said. Councilor Noel DiBona cast the only no vote.
Police Chief Mark Kennedy said he was disappointed; the mayor's office has not committed to acting on the resolution. Quincy is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the Boston metropolitan area.
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