Woman spent 86 hours in solitary confinement over misused Flock camera report
by Stephen Dinan · The Washington TimesA woman who was arrested after she said police wrongly blamed her for a fatal car accident, based on a Flock camera, told senators on Wednesday that she spent three days in solitary confinement, had to wear a suicide-watch outfit and reached the depths of despair.
Lindsey Isaacs said her black Dodge Durango was captured by a Flock camera in Florida several miles from the accident site, and authorities focused on her as the suspect even though her vehicle lacked any collision damage and 911 callers had reported a maroon Durango with a different license plate.
Despite those inconsistencies, she was arrested and was first sent to solitary confinement because of the severity of the charges.
“The cell door was shut and it was not opened for approximately 86 hours,” she told the Senate Judiciary Committee, tearing up as she recounted the start of a 13-day ordeal in jail.
She would eventually be released on bond and prosecutors dropped the case, instead charging someone else with the accident that claimed three lives.
Senators called Ms. Isaacs to lead off a hearing exploring the expansion of license plate reader cameras, of which Flock is the most prominent player, and the growing public backlash.
Sen. Josh Hawley, the Missouri Republican who chaired the hearing, said he’d invited leaders from Flock, Axon, Motorola and Verkada to appear but they declined, earning derision from senators.
“They’re nervous about being on camera,” said Sen. Richard Durbin, Illinois Democrat.
Advertisement Advertisement
Contact the author
Stephen Dinan
Follow author updates Follow Click to follow. Manage followed authors