NOPD is spying on us—and lying about it. We're demanding answers.
New Orleans police have been caught running facial recognition on our faces, tracking our cars across state lines, flying drones without paperwork, and then denying any of it happened. This isn't speculation—it's documented. Public records show facial recognition alerts sent to named detectives while NOPD claims they have "zero records" of the program. Drone flights from earlier this year had blank justifications on 75% of them. Our location data is being logged and shared with federal immigration authorities. And when residents filed complaints, they just... closed them.
I started a petition calling on the New Orleans City Council to investigate NOPD's surveillance abuse, ban the private camera network running it all, and put real independent oversight in place. NOPD has proven it will not police itself. Every safeguard has failed.
If this is the kind of thing that makes you uncomfortable, consider signing and sharing it. What would you want someone to do if this was your city? #local