Elect this man to lead something.
That's Pensacola resident Jacob Rockwell.
He was out of town in March and someone else was borrowing his vehicle. Rockwell doesn't dispute that this other individual ran the red light.
His problem is the seemingly-insane bureaucratic process to try and prove that he wasn't the one driving.
These things have been deemed unconstitutional for this reason: because the enforcement action of 316.0083 unduly shifts the burden of proof to the vehicle owner, me, to prove my innocence, rather than the State having to prove my guilt.
Currently, I am guilty by default. I've been convicted by a computer program.
Usually, this whole mess of who committed the infraction is settled by the police officer pulling somebody over and actually witnessing them in the driver's seat. The AI camera doesn't do any driver verification whatsoever.
To get your constitutionally mandated due process, you have to jump through hoops put up by Automated Enforcement Division, a private company in Orlando that's owned by another corporation called Novoa Global, which is owned by a Chilean-Swedish millionaire named Carlos Hoffstead [sic].
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If you wanna fight this thing because you were wrongly accused - me again - you can't just request a hearing through [Pensacola] PPD or the courthouse.
Officer Mike Wood of the Pensacola Police Department says the system isn't that bad - that you just fill out an affidavit with your info and the name of the other driver as part of that process.
Officer Wood did not, however, explain why American citizens should bear the burden of proof with a mountain of paperwork, or what you would do if an unknown thief had stolen your vehicle and proceeded to rack up numerous traffic fines.
Watch more about Rockwell's case here:
This Big Brother surveillance is un-American. It's China-esque, and none of the voters asked for this.
Officer Wood says it's about saving lives and "to get people to conform," which, you know, is also what China says about their mass surveillance programs.
As you ponder that balance between public safety and natural rights, I feel it necessary to summon THE CLIP as food for thought:
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