Man Dressed As Darth Vader Defends Flock Cameras to San Diego City Council
A man dressed as Darth Vader used a Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee meeting in San Diego to mock the city's use of Flock surveillance cameras, sarcastically arguing that the technology would help the "emperor" track "rebel scum" and find Luke Skywalker. "This is what the emperor needs. This technology will help us find the rebel scum and the hidden base on Hoth," he said. The…
A man dressed as the Star Wars character Darth Vader appeared at a San Diego City Council meeting to criticize the city's use of Flock surveillance cameras. During the Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee meeting, he sarcastically argued that the technology would enable the "emperor" to track "rebel scum" and locate Luke Skywalker.
He urged the council to use the cameras to monitor children as they moved between playgrounds, pools, and gymnasiums. The plea for the cameras then shifted to advocating for tax increases to address storm drain maintenance and the eviction of homeless encampments in the city. The man accused the council of using "doublespeak" to portray the police department as humanitarian and questioned how citizens could trust the council when it continued to vote on surveillance technology that he believed was imprisoning people.
He addressed City Council member Jennifer Campbell, encouraging her to improve her "Jedi mind tricks." His final plea was for the Flock cameras to aid in finding Luke Skywalker as he traveled the galaxy in his X-wing. The man concluded that the technology was a "necessary, necessary force." San Diego currently has over 550 Flock cameras installed throughout the city.
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