If we have cameras all over the city tracking in real time, and keeping a record in real time of where everybody goes, that feels dystopian to me and that feels like it’s open for abuse.

Minneapolis City Council member Steve Fletcher, commenting on a proposal to ban city police and department use of facial recognition technology. The measure to prohibit the technology has advanced and will go to the full council on Feb. 12. (Associated Press — Jan. 22, 2021)