Citizens of Springfield, Missouri showed up to a city council meeting to discuss the city’s Flock contract. The mayor shut them down and arrested two people for ‘disruption of meetings of city council.’

Mia Hyder had never attended a public meeting before when she showed up to the city council meeting in Springfield, Missouri. After briefly speaking at a podium during a public comment period, she was arrested and dragged away in handcuffs.

“Hello, my name is Mylie Hyder. I’m a Springfield, Missouri constituent, and I’m here to oppose the usage of ALPR cameras, most commonly made by Flock Safety. These cameras are not just surveillance,” Hyder started.

“I’m sorry ma’am,” Springfield Mayor Jeff Schrag said. Her mic was cut. A cop approached her at the podium.

Hyder held up both of her middle fingers while continuing to speak: “They are an invasion of our privacy,” she said.

The cop said, “You’re under arrest,” grabbed her arms, and pulled her out of the room. “I can do this all night. I get paid by the hour,” the cop added.

  • kibblebits@quokk.auEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    And no one did anything and fascism took over, the end. Why are we still talking about the USA?

    • MonaySimpson@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      10 hours ago

      Nah. US Citizens have got all there guns prepped for just this. There all going to stand up and stop the tyranny… Uh… Annnnny minute now…

    • saltesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      12 hours ago

      Because Americans are hooked on feeds and communication is just sharing posts to other feeds. By design, it makes them feel like they’re doing something about it, but in reality they’re the epitome of apathy; controlled so easily, of absolutely no threat. It’s a utopia for all the people they’ve attracted there over the years.

    • Doomsider@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      12 hours ago

      Fascism happened a long time ago. I can agree with the sentiment of your second question and I live in the US.