Mayor Katie Wilson may have turned off the Axon-operated cameras in the Stadium District, following the end of the World Cup games—but that doesn’t mean the cameras around the stadium can’t still be turned back on, speakers at a rally demanding the citywide shutdown of cameras, including those in the Chinatown-International District, pointed out.
Surveillance of immigrants may expand to all Americans, experts warn
Since President Donald Trump took office, the federal government has noticeably expanded its use of surveillance tools and artificial intelligence to target immigrants, allegedly in the name of fighting crime and fraud.
Surveillance video triggers arrest in CID sidewalk attack
A man is in custody after surveillance footage helped police track him down following a brutal pipe attack on a woman in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID).
Is the CID being spied upon? Surveillance legislation passes, in spite of significant opposition
For its third straight meeting, Seattle’s Public Safety Committee listened to dissent against proposed pieces of legislation from a majority of public commenters—one of whom brought a detailed opposition letter from Seattle Solidarity Budget, signed by 60 organizations and 431 individuals—and voted unanimously to pass them, anyway, at its Sept. 24 meeting.