Architecture of Surveillance

Understanding the systems, technologies, and programs that surveil us.

List of Posts About Architecture of Surveillance

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  Lawsuit Challenging LAPD’s Refusal to Identify Echo Park CamerasMay 5, 2022
  The Stop LAPD Spying Coalition has filed a new lawsuit confronting LAPD’s refusal to disclose records reflecting the location of surveillance cameras supposedly monitoring all activity in Echo Park Lake. The lawsuit can be read here. The city says these cameras were installed after LAPD’s violent assault on Echo Park Lake in March 2021. That operation… Read More »Lawsuit Challenging LAPD’s Refusal to Identify Echo Park Cameras
• Letter to Mayor and City Council on LAPD’s $213 Budget Increase ProposalFebruary 23, 2022
  We are community groups writing to oppose LAPD’s pending demand for a $213 million increase to its operational spending for Fiscal Year 2022-2023. If approved, this would be LAPD’s largest ever funding increase. Last November, the Board of Police Commissioners voted to approve this spending increase barely one business day after LAPD released its 687-page… Read More »Letter to Mayor and City Council on LAPD’s $213 Budget Increase Proposal
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  Another “Reform” Proposal Expanding the Police StateSeptember 27, 2021
  Last summer LAPD violently cracked down on the George Floyd rebellion, arresting over 4,000 people. Throughout history, politicians have responded to LAPD’s violence toward critics with expansions of police resources rather than addressing the community’s criticism. This same cycle of police crackdowns followed by police expansion followed the Ferguson uprising, the 1992 uprising, and the… Read More »Another “Reform” Proposal Expanding the Police State
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  PT 69: Abolish Fusion Centers and Kick the Feds Out of SchoolsAugust 8, 2021
  WEBINAR PART 69 Recording Here – Tuesday August 10th at 6PM Recordings of Webinars 1 – 68 HERE – – Surveillance 101 Teach-In: 1 – 4 HERE Not A Moment In Time: Zine Issue: 1 – 2 HERE The National Security Police State always uses crisis like this to expand oppression, to expand surveillance, accumulate… Read More »PT 69: Abolish Fusion Centers and Kick the Feds Out of Schools