Posted on 06/26/2025 7:00:00 AM PDT by dennisw
The left-wing Denver city council voted unanimously to shutter its anti-theft auto license plate tracking system because ICE could use the data to deport illegals.
In May, the council voted against renewing the $666,000 contract with Flock that was launched about a year ago. The camera system monitors the area around 70 Denver intersections and was set up to screen for car theft.
The system, which reportedly scans 2 million cars per month, has already resulted in the recovery of 170 stolen cars and 300 arrests. The camera data has also helped the Denver Police Department (DPD) to investigate hit-and-runs and murder cases, according to the Denver Post.
Despite the relative success of the system, the city council is worried that the data is available for use by a large number of law enforcement agencies — not just the DPD. They fear that the data will be used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to track illegals and to apprehend and deport them.
Critics accuse the city council of being more concerned about shielding illegal aliens than they are about serving their citizens, putting the welfare of illegals above the safety of the city’s residents. But Councilman Kevin Flynn, for one, is undeterred by the criticism.
“We know that it can help solve crime,” Flynn said. “But I think since maybe Jan. 20 of this year, those concerns are greatly heightened and have a new reality about them.”
Council member Sarah Parady also strongly supported the goal of protecting illegals above all else.
“We’re living in an era where just this last week, actually an executive order came out instructing the Department of Justice and the FBI to look for reasons to prosecute local elected officials and activists who they believe are quote, unquote, obstructing ice enforcement,”
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Traitors!!!
They are allowing thieves to steal cars just because they hate Trump.
You are middle class taxpayer who lives in Denver. When your car and pickup truck get stolen the police will not be able to locate them. Because the commie city council cut off the funding for the license plate tracking program.
Why? To protect illegal aliens who do not pay taxes. And who your taxes subsidize.
So yur sayin there’s a connection between auto theft and illegals.
What kinda car does Sarah Parady drive? I’m looking for a new ride to keep in the Denver area.
EC
The Left: We're using them to catch car thieves.
Conservatives: Send in ICE to catch and deport illegals.
The Left: We're turning off the traffic cams.
“We’re living in an era where just this last week, actually an executive order came out instructing the Department of Justice and the FBI to look for reasons to prosecute local elected officials and activists who they believe are quote, unquote, obstructing ice enforcement,”
That’s right, sweetheart. And I hope they throw the book at you!
Yet another way illegal aliens hurt Americans and legal residents.
Now is the time to take those cameras out of commission. No one will know.
This is great. All the car thieves will move to Denver. The rest of us can leave our cars unlocked.
Let's see, when did the DOJ and FBI ever not investigate and prosecute elected officials for obstructing law enforcement? It's called applying the law. It's called, no one is above the law.
The liberal mindset is so perverted. They want to apply the laws they like and ignore the laws they oppose.
Plantation owners rebel to keep their slaves working in the fields…
Politicos like this are in the same club of stoopid arseholes who refuse to accept, or even talk about, the innumerable times that a good guy with a gun stopped a crime/shooting. They have decided upon “their truth” and closed their ears.
Basically, another example of rabid dogs cannot be treated, much less cured.
I hate to say this, but I don’t see how this sort of thing will NOT ultimately
lead to widespread violent civil unrest in this country.
The cameras are recording all the cars going by, some stolen some not.
The video is then available to law enforcement to look for cars of interest, stolen or not. They could find a murder suspect driving his own car that is not stolen.
That is my understanding.
empowering car theives as a “ bone us “ to the criminal supporting left.
typical of the criminal left.
WOW
time for a deep anal RICO
After they are caught, I would imagine they are released if they are illegal. The libtards would probably like to give them a car.
Sanctuary states,cities,towns,villages,hamlets, etc, have a FO in their future if America is going to be freed and liberated from lawlessness and just us.
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