McGeehan is a former police officer, now the lawyer for a woman jailed for thirteen days after an automated license plate camera misidentified her. Asked whether the technology should exist at all, he said it can be and has been used properly, but wants a warrant requirement around it. He then listed officers recently fired in Georgia and Florida for running the system on ex-girlfriends and wives.
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…how you think this technique. Technology should be used if it should be used, sort of like what the guardrail should be, that sort of thing, so that maybe there is space for it in some way, shape, or form. But like, should there be some sort of restrictions so that cases like this don't happen?
Yeah, I think there should. I mean, I'm not for the surveillance state. I don't think we need to be like London where there are cameras on every corner doing facial recognition and tracking people in their daily movements. I don't think we need to be tracking innocent, you know, everyday citizens. There needs to be something, whether it's a warrant requirement or some procedure that's employed, putting guardrails on this system. It is used properly in some cases. I've had cases where it was properly used. But the cases you're seeing now and that are coming to the attention of the abuses of this system where…
I'm curious, like, as you've been through this process of this specific case, are you hearing from other people around the country? Like, this is, I believe, maybe the most egregious one that I've heard of a mistaken identity and where there's been such a horrible consequence of you being arrested…
Yeah, when Lindsay's case went public and it started gathering news attention, I've been overrun with everything from civil rights issues dealing with the police to the flock issues, but the flock issues are significant. I've probably had hundreds of people reach out to me over flock issues and…
Yeah, I mean, the company has really exploded in popularity. You know, I've been writing about them for years at this point. And, you know, four or five years ago, it's like they were in a few dozen cities and towns across the U.S. And I think really over the last couple of years, it feels like…