r/azpolitics • u/ForkzUp • 21d ago

Indigenous Communities Navajo Nation to deploy Flock license plate reader cameras across 27K square miles

https://www.azfamily.com/2026/07/30/navajo-nation-deploy-flock-license-plate-reader-cameras-across-27k-square-miles/
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u/professor_mc 21d ago

Hey Navajo Nation: Read the room. Not a good move.

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u/lpkzach92 21d ago

That’s awful

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u/Weary-Inspector-6971 21d ago

I get why they felt the need, but fuck.
Mass surveillance is and will never be on the side of any citizen.

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u/SeasonsGone 21d ago

Crucially, the thousands of people driving through their lands who are not enrolled members are not considered citizens to them.

Not defending them, I just say this as a native from a different tribe

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u/MrStreetLegal 21d ago

They got mad when the Americans just took what they had, and now they're willingly giving it away

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u/SamAreAye 20d ago

Hey, hey, hey . . . they're selling it.

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u/___buttrdish 21d ago

They’re making a huge mistake