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San Diego TRUST Coalition

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We are about Transparent and Responsible Use of Surveillance Technology Uniting communities across San Diego www.sandiegotrust.org

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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
August 16-22 is the National Week of Action Against ALPRs. Join us and fight back. Sunday, canvass City Heights. Wednesday, tell SD City Council why they should shut down ALPR. Friday, hear from Austin and LA organizers at Safety in Unity 2026. Details in thread below... 🧵
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
SDPD jailed the wrong person for several weeks based on Flock ALPR. Flock has led to wrongful accusation elsewhere, and now it happened here. Tell City Council and @MayorToddGloria not a cent more for for Flock! timesofsandiego.com/crime/2026/0... #surveillance #sandiego
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A Flock license plate reader linked a San Diego man to a violent crime. He was five miles away.
A San Diego man spent one month in jail for a crime he didn't commit, after San Diego Police misinterpreted a hit from a license plate reader.
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Join community on Monday May 4th (today!) at the City of San Diego’s Evening Budget Hearing to tell the City what you want funded instead of Flock smart streetlights. With arts and children's services chopped, there's so much more to want than surveillance 6pm at 202 C Street, SD City Hall, 12th fl
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
What is Flock Nova, the service SDPD quietly adopted last December according to Axios? 404 media reports that Flock Nova is a "massive people look up tool" that uses open source intelligence and agency data to find links between people. www.404media.co/license-plat... #sandiego
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Last Dec, SDPD quietly signed a contract for Flock Nova without going through the Privacy Advisory Board or public oversight process. Nova, like Palantir, links and integrates in house and "open source intelligence." www.axios.com/local/san-di... #alpr #flock #surveillance
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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
While City Council was filled with thousands of people asking for the Flock contract to be dropped, SDPD signed a contract (same month!) with Flock for Nova, the Palantir-like data fusion software without bringing it to the public. www.axios.com/local/san-di...
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Scoop: San Diego police quietly signed new Flock tech deal
Police say the software was exempt from an oversight process for surveillance tech.
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Show up to San Diego City Council Thursday, April 30 at 5:30pm @ San Diego City Hall (12th floor). The Privacy Advisory Board votes ONCE A YEAR on Flock ALPR, Smart Streetlights & more. Tell the Board: NO RUBBER STAMPS. PAB needs to hear from the community. #alpr #flock
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Flock left 60 Condor AI-people tracking cameras open to the internet. @404mediaco reports cameras can zoom in close enough to read your cell phone screen. San Diego has not said it has these cameras, but it shows (again) Flock as sloppy and creepy. www.404media.co/flock-expose...
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Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Former ICE and CBP leaders who have now left the agency told the FT that previous safeguards are gone, with ICE pursuing aggressive quotas by using data from Social Security, the IRS, and commercial surveillance and license plate reader companies. ig.ft.com/us-ice-surve...
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
We are inspired, furious, and we will not stop. Read our statement on yesterday's San Diego City Council vote on ALPR.
We are inspired, furious, 
and we will not stop.

We showed up in record numbers. 180 in person, more online. Hundreds wrote in too. The overwhelming majority opposed approving SD's ALPR program. Our coalition stood stronger than ever with more than 70 community and labor organizations standing side by side. 

Even still, we are furious that the City Council majority voted to approve the ALPR use policy and 53 other surveillance technologies, continuing the use of Flock. We thank CMs Elo-Rivera, Foster, and Moreno for opposing. We saw them dig into the police department's and Flock's policies and practices, validating community concerns and clarifying problems Flock kept dismissing as "hypotheticals." 

All the calls and conversations before the vote made a difference. We saw some Councilmembers take this more seriously than they had before, with CM Lee saying he wants to have a call for vendors this year.

Let's take a breath, reflect, and plan for the fight ahead.
In February, the City's 2026 Annual Surveillance Report process begins. Funding surveillance will come up in the budget process. 

And we can find ways to resist surveillance all day every day. Let's build the world we want to live in. 

Sign up here to get direct updates from TRUST Coalition and keep pushing:
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
What the Flock indeed! Union Tribune drops this gem: An SDPD captain helped secure a multimillion dollar surveillance deal. Now he works for the contractor. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/12/09/a...
Union Tribune headline "An sdpd captain helped secure a multimillion dollar surveillance deal. now he works for the contractor."
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
SD City Council votes on Flock TODAY at 2pm downtown. Today is the day to hold our representatives accountable. Come to City Council. If you can’t, call in. Action toolkit: trst.fyi/stop-flock-e Want a reminder or tips? Dm us
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
"We hacked Flock Safety cameras in under 30 seconds" www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0g...
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We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under 30 Seconds. 🫥
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
"Get Flock off our block" is also excellent. Credit to gee_emcee on IG
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Phrase of the year: "get the flock out of my city!"
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
For 2 weeks this year, unauthorized outside agencies searched SD's Flock license plate data. Flock messed up the settings. SDPD first hid the breach, then admitted it months later but still redacts the reasons for the 12,914 unauthorized searches. Council vote Tue! Act now: trst.fyi/stop-flock-e
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
SD City Council votes on Flock tomorrow! 🗯️ Why do you want Flock stopped? Leave your story in the replies. Tomorrow, come to City Council downtown at 2pm. If you can’t, call in. Info to show up or call in here: trst.fyi/stop-flock-e Want a reminder or tips? Dm us
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Union or Bust talks about Flock, and why the right to privacy still matters no matter what Silicon Valley or the police try to tell us. youtu.be/yyNIR4XIork?...
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UnionorBust #53-Lilly Irani, FLOCK cameras are bad for workers!
On this episode, we interviewed Lilly Irani, an Associate Professor at UCSD and a member of the SD Trust Coalition that is fighting surveillance in San Diego. For more information, visit…
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Leaders and community spoke truth at our press conference this week. "The SD police officer that led this initiative, that led bringing this technology to the city of SD, is now an employee of Flock. There is something extremely wrong with how this was done." Councilmember Henry Foster
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Are people wondering why Flock is so terrible and out of control as a company? Here's a one pager you can share around too: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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2025 Flock Hall of Shame
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
SD City Council votes on Flock next Tues, Dec 9 at 2pm! Mark your calendars to show up or call in. Tell City Council to shut down Flock. Pull the plug on out-of-control location data. Now: Call or message your Council rep. Our mailer makes it quick: trst.fyi/stop-flock-e
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Why shut down Flock? A thread 🧵⬇️ Message your Council member and show up at City Council next Tuesday, Dec 9! Flock prioritizes getting investors rich by building creepy AI and people profiling tools using our tax dollars. www.aclu.org/news/nationa...
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
City Council votes next Tues, Dec 9 at 2pm! Tell them to pull the plug on out-of-control location data. Shut down Flock! Mail your City Council rep now: actionnetwork.org/letters/shut... Show up or call in to City Council Dec 9 keep the pressure on.
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Organizing online, offline, and everywhere in between! Whoever is out there handing out flyers and having conversations at the club in Hillcrest, we love you! To all of you getting your friends to email City Council, we love you too! Get yours: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dx27z...
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Flock lied about a Texas sheriff who searched Flock to track down a woman for an abortion. Flock asserted the woman was never under criminal investigation. Court documents showed Flock misled the public for months, accusing journalists of lying. #shutdownflock #whattheflock
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Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime
Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.
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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Hearing SDPD say if people don't want their plates shared widely they can shop elsewhere is sbad faith when it is only a kpbs investigation that reveals the mall, Lowe's, and Home Depot sharing data.
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San Diego County police agencies access many private license plate readers with minimal oversight
Dozens of businesses and homeowners associations around San Diego allow law enforcement to search through data from their license plate readers, including Home Depot, Lowe's, and local malls.
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
San Diego City Council Public Safety Committee considers Flock this Wednesday, Nov 12 at 2pm. Tell them to get Flock out of San Diego, and explain to them how Flock makes your community less safe. Comment on agenda item 3: trst.fyi/PS-comm
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Public Safety Committee Public Comment Form | City of San Diego Official Website
In lieu of in-person attendance, members of the public may participate and provide comment via the Zoom webinar, telephone, the Committee form below, email submission or via U.S. Mail of written mater...
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
In Dec, SD City Council will decide whether to spend millions to keep Flock automated license plate readers (ALPR) on our streets. Flock has created an out-of-control data sharing technology. Flock deceived the public. Flock overrode City authorities. Flock Hall of Shame 🧵👇🏼
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Public Safety Committee Public Comment Form | City of San Diego Official Website
In lieu of in-person attendance, members of the public may participate and provide comment via the Zoom webinar, telephone, the Committee form below, email submission or via U.S. Mail of written…
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haokachekul.bsky.social @haokachekul.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Flock must be cancelled! bsky.app/profile/sand...
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Seth Hall @loteck.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
In true form for San Diego, we are paying for the worst of the worst of the license plate readers systems: Flock. Lies, data breaches, lawsuits, failed audits, abusive practices. Never stop fighting against San Diego adopting the worst products and practices. We can and should have better.
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
City of San Diego's Privacy Advisory Board votes unanimously to "cease' Flock Automated License Plate Reader Technology. PAB's report: www.sandiego.gov/sites/defaul... The final decision is with City Council. Be heard by leaving a comment for Public Safety Committee. How to in thread 🧵
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
@CA_Dem opposes sharing license plate data w/ ederal government or further expanding ALPR, calling for investing in community needs instead. Full reso: drive.google.com/file/d/1klB6... @kentleesd.bsky.social @marnivonwilpert.bsky.social @seanelorivera.bsky.social Tell your councilmember! ⬇️
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
This is what TRUST Coalition's Safety in Unity 2025 looks like! Thanks to everyone who came out to share knowledge about organizing against mass #surveillance and work towards a world where we create our own #safety through unity, rather than surveillance.
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Safety in Unity 2025 with added speakers Sarah T. Hamid (@eff.org) and Pedro Rios (@pedroconsafos.bsky.social) joining TRUST to fight against mass #surveillance in San Diego! Saturday, September 20 from 11am-3pm in City Heights RSVP at trst.fyi/su25 for location
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Pedro Rios @pedroconsafos.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
San Diego protested Palantir and its dangerous and deadly surveillance technologies that track everyday people and cause untold human suffering while prioritizing profits for billionaires. Sharing four photos from the event, which was part of a national day of action against Palantir.
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
@sdiclaborcouncil.bsky.social, @aftguild1931, @ucaft.bsky.social, UCSD Faculty Assoc, @uaw4811.bsky.social, @calnurses.bsky.social call on SD City Council to turn off automated license plate readers and delete the data that ICE uses to track residents and workers docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Resist mass #surveillance! No data for ICE! Safety in Unity 2025 Conference Saturday, September 20 from 11am-3pm in City Heights (RSVP for location) Live interpretation available www.eventbrite.com/e/safety-in-... We're thrilled about our keynote @lorenasgonzalez, President @CaliforniaLabor!
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Voice and Viewpoint reviews why "In the Shadow of ICE, Trust in San Diego Policing Tools Continues to Crumble." This is a powerful review of why San Diego neighborhoods and unions do not trust automated license plate readers and are calling for #alpr to be shut down in #sandiego.
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Join, learn, plot, and dream at TRUST Coalition's Safety in Unity conference. Educate and organize for the fight against mass #surveillance in #sandiego! September 20, 11am-3pm in City Heights We're thrilled about our keynote @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social, President @californialabor.bsky.social
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
KPBS reports that SDPD has admitted that it violated state law and mishandled license plate data. www.kpbs.org/news/border-... 📣 Take action! 🧵
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
@KPBS reports on the struggle to stop license plate surveillance as they give feds access to our locations. This tech isn't safe for public use. youtu.be/JMxUbiSruvM?... via @YouTube
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Advocates push San Diego to end license plate surveillance
As the Trump administration ramps up its immigration crackdown, privacy advocates are renewing calls to end a controversial police surveillance program. Expe...
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Patty Mondragon of Alliance San Diego tells San Diego City Council, "bit by bit, you've been paving the road to authoritarianism and fascism." Itt is only a matter of time, she warns, before the surveillance tech Councilmembers approved will be used on them.
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Over 1000 San Diegans signed the petition telling City Council to pull funding from ALPR and fund parks, libraries, and other essential services. City Council votes tomorrow at 1pm on whether to pull funding. Sign the petition and share with five friends: bit.ly/trust-sign25
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"La tecnología #ALPR fomenta el fascismo de Trump y perjudica a los trabajadores. El Consejo Laboral de los condados Imperial y de SD, que representa a más de 200 mil trabajadores...ha solicitado al Ayuntamiento que desconecte y elimine los sistemas ALPR de Flock.." @sdlaborcouncil
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
📣 Pull the plug on ALPR! 📣 City Council VOTES Tue@1 on whether to pay $2 mill for ALPR (Automated License Plate Readers) accessed by ICE and out-of-state cops. ALPR comes up for a Council vote AGAIN in a few months. But ICE is a threat NOW. Take action! trst.fyi/25jun10
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"Grow a moral backbone!" Closing words from @potcsd as Michael gets real about people hiding in their homes because of Trump terror. Money for parks, not terrorizing law enforcement tech.
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Uplifting @pppswaction.bsky.social at San Diego City Council Jun 6 calling for pulling funding from ALPR: "We oppose SDPD coordinating and sharing data with ICE and Border Patrol...and we know our patients accessing our health care services at our centers feel less safe when they are surveilled."
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
We need your signatures! Tell SD City Council to reject mass surveillance funding. The City has shared license plate location data with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and CBP 10 times in the last year. Fund public services, not ICE raid infrastructure. bit.ly/trust-sign25
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Tell City Council: Reject Flock ALPR Funding in San Diego
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
📣 Show up to City Council in person or online! 📣 Tell SD Council to pull funding from Flock surveillance used by ICE and fund essential public services instead. Friday, June 6th at 9am San Diego City Hall or zoom Action Kit and talking points ⬇️ trst.fyi/25jun6
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Call to ACTION: June 6th Budget Hearing
Call to ACTION: June 6th Budget Hearing 📣 DEFUND TRUMP’S DEPORTATION TECH 📣 WHERE San Diego City Council Chambers 202 C St, 12th Floor San Diego , CA 92101 United States Upon arriving in the…
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Necesitamos tu firma! El año pasado San Diego compartió información obtenida de sistemas de vigilancia con ICE y HSI. Dile al Consejo de la Ciudad: Rechazamos el financiamiento de la vigilancia masiva de ICE en San Diego. #migra #vigilancia change.org/p/tell-city-...
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Tell City Council: Reject Flock ALPR Funding in San Diego
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