San Francisco Police Illegally Used Surveillance Cameras at the George Floyd Protests. The Courts Must Stop Them

Update: This post has been updated to reflect that the hearing date in this case has been moved to January 21.

By Hope Williams, Nathan Sheard, and Nestor Reyes

The authors are community activists who helped organize and participated in protests against police violence in San Francisco after the murder of George Floyd. A hearing in their lawsuit against the San Francisco Police Department over surveillance of Union Square protests is scheduled for Friday. This article was first published in …

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