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- 1Flock Camera Data Landed Innocent Woman in Jail for 13 Days●One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in Jail for 13 Days
Lindsey Isaacs of Palm Beach, Florida was arrested and jailed for 13 days over a vehicular homicide after investigators relied on a single Flock automated license plate reader hit that supposedly placed her car at the scene. She has since filed a lawsuit, saying the data was wrong and she is innocent. The case is drawing attention to how little corroboration police need before automated surveillance data leads to an arrest, and to the broader risks of license plate tracking networks.
- 2CDC vaccine recommendations stall under Secretary Kennedy●CDC vaccine policy recommendations grind to a halt under Health Secretary Kennedy
US vaccine policy is effectively frozen as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services has brought CDC vaccine recommendation processes to a standstill. With routine guidance on immunisations stalled, public health experts warn that delays could affect vaccination schedules and state-level decisions that typically follow federal recommendations.