A Kansas activist discovered that police tracked him using Flock-style surveillance cameras after he published an opinion piece critical of the force. Canyen Ashworth, from Lenexa, Kansas, wrote the article calling for local leaders to restore public trust following a controversial immigration investigation and a raid on a local restaurant. Weeks later, a local reporter informed him that police were investigating him. An open records request subsequently revealed the police action, which followed his call for basic police reforms.

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