Radio host Charlie James discusses Flock cameras and Darlene Graham's race.

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[Crowd singing "Pledge of Allegiance"] Crowd: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [Cheering] [Singer singing "America the Beautiful"] Singer: Oh beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain. For purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain. America, America, God shed His grace on thee. And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea. [Clip of Donald Trump] Donald Trump: America is back! Charlie James: All right, welcome back to the program. Let's go to Wes in Greer—I'm sorry, in Greenville. How you doing, Wes? Wes: Doing great, Charlie. Again, thank you. Um, I'd like to say something real quick, Charlie. There's a certain host on this—on at the station that talks about this, acts like they're going to take phone calls and takes no phone calls. None. Charlie James: I don't—I don't—Wes, let me tell you something. I'm not going to talk about other hosts on this station. Wes: Okay, well, I'm... Charlie James: They've got—they've got their shows. I don't have any control nor influence over their shows. They don't have on mine either. Wes: I got you. I got you. But the sheriff was there, and I'm used to the format, you know, with you and other people that we get to ask—get to talk to the sheriff and ask questions. Charlie James: Mm-hmm. Wes: The sheriff said he's unaware and doesn't understand or know where this information goes. I know for a fact we lease the Flock cameras. Those cameras do not belong to any— Charlie James: Now that I did not know. We actually lease them from the Flock company? Wes: Correct. Correct. Those cameras belong to Flock, that information belongs to Flock. All Flock does is gives you access to it if you pay the lease payment. That's their camera. Okay? Now the sheriff claimed to say he wasn't sure. Now, the host did say, "Well, I—I—I've heard that you say they get rid of it every 30 days. But I've heard that SLED keeps it up for three years." Again, the sheriff says he's not sure. Okay, well, I mean, these are things that we should be sure of. Okay? I can assure you that information stays at Flock. The Chinese will certainly get it. The Russians will certainly get it. Whoever comes to power at some point will get it. But let me say something, no time's precious. We need to quit saying Flock, okay? There's another camera system called Axon. If you watch the demo for this thing, it can be retrofitted and put on every single light pole in America from the photo cell. You know, in the top of the light, there's a photo cell that tells the thing to turn on in the dark, okay? Charlie James: Yeah. Wes: This camera sits on top of that, plugs right into that receptacle, and then—then you plug the light cell into the top of the camera, and they bolt it to the pole. Charlie, it can be installed in less than one minute. It's being marketed from their own literature: 24/7 live, real-time tracking. Charlie James: Yeah, tracking, tracking of everybody. I—I appreciate it, Wes. Thank you very much. Yeah, I'm telling you, we're being monitored, and I don't—that's funny. That is so funny. I don't remember them asking us. Do you guys remember them asking us about the Flock cameras? Do you guys—no, you don't? I—I didn't either. I didn't either. I could have sworn if something was going to invade into our—our everyday operations, um, that they would at least take, you know, be kind enough to ask us how we felt about it. There you go. Okay. So, I have a legitimate question out there for all of you Grahamites, you Darlene loyalists. Somebody said something this weekend, and they were like, "I'm voting for Darlene Graham because she's got backbone." Oh, yeah? Hold on, what? Got backbone? How—how do you know she's got backbone? What—what has she done throughout her career that would even make you think that she's got backbone? I—I don't even know ...

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