Axon ax0FF!

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National movement to systematically dismantle the police state’s mass surveillance apparatus, starting with Axon🎯 #GetYourAxonOuttaHere

This week’s main story is about how police use surveillance tools like cameras, microphones, license plate readers, “cell site simulators,” and the practice of “predictive policing,” to create a world that has been lovingly described as “Big Brother on steroids.” Full segment at the link in our bio.

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On Monday, August 17th, seven members of the Community Not Cameras coalition will enter the City's Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) for a tour of the technology and capabilities behind the Seattle Police Department's surveillance camera network…

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For no reason at all, here's the email for Capitol Hill Block Party (happening this Sat/Sun): info@capitolhillblockparty.com We don't suggest u email them ur thoughts, call for artists to speak against police surveillance on stage, or bring an anti-surveillance sign/shirt/hat to spark conversation!

Angry at the 10 big-event businesses exploiting a tragedy to strong arm City into wasting more money on ineffective police surveillance cameras ...maybe it's time to organize a boycott?

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"While #Flock concentrates its efforts on #surveillance cameras, #Axon is a full-line privacy invader with an entire public safety ‘ecosystem‘ that incorporates not only its #ALPR and CCTV cameras, but also Axon products such as body cameras, drones, and small uncrewed ground vehicles."

Some Municipalities Are Replacing Flock Cameras With Axon, But Is There A Difference? - Jalopnik

Is a switch to Axon actually a win for digital privacy? Examine why changing camera networks fails to reduce the overall scale of vehicle tracking.

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DeFlock Redmond@deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 9mo ago

If your city is suspending or cancelling #Flock, remember that "switching to another #ALPR vendor" is NOT the solution. Dragnet bulk data collection is the core problem. #Flock is just one particularly egregious example. Mass #surveillance does not make any of us safer! 🚫

President Trump bought up to $5 million in shares of Axon Enterprise two weeks before ICE sought a $220 million contract that appeared tailored to the company’s weapons. Axon shares rose more than 22% in the month after Trump’s purchase.

Trump bought as much as $5 million in Axon stock before ICE sought $220 million Taser deal

Axon Enterprise has ramped up lobbying in Congress on federal law enforcement technology as ICE pursues a potential $220 million Taser deal.

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Trump purchased up to $5 million in shares of Axon Enterprise just weeks before ICE issued a notice seeking a contract worth up to $220 million for equipment that experts say only Axon is positioned to provide. The White House has said there is “no conflict of interest”. 🙄

“Last week, Axon announced a new line of cameras called Axon Body Workforce designed to be worn by workers in retail and in healthcare. While Axon did not explicitly mention the Workforce line of cameras in its announcement, the company said that the Fusus acquisition directly supports this push.”

Bodycam Maker Axon Is on a Mission to Surveil America with AI

Axon, maker of Tasers and police body cameras, has acquired AI surveillance company Fusus amid a push into retail and healthcare settings.

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Here's my speech from yesterday about the 3 lessons I learned from helping Nordstrom deploy Axon body cameras, and why that makes me want to tear Seattles entire surveillance network down youtube.com/shorts/Qavj_...

3 things I learned deploying Axon Body cams

YouTube video by SquidTips

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SquidTips - Aj/Alex/He🏍 🦑🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈@squidtips.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today I spoke at a Community Not Cameras event organized to hold @mayorofseattle.bsky.social to her promise of shutting the SODO extension cameras down post-FIFA (She did) I'll post video tomorrow, but here's a good quote from @fox13seattle.bsky.social www.fox13seattle.com/news/seattle...

A section of a Fox13 article:
The other side: Activists with the group "Community Not Cameras" raised concerns about how private tech vendors handle personal information, pointing specifically to companies like Flock and Axon.
"We're shutting these ones back down, but that doesn't change the fact that there are cameras livestreaming in this city, everywhere, that anybody can monitor at all and if you've been paying any attention to these conversations about Flock and Axon, I mean, like, they're sipping all this data up and bad actors are watching these cameras and doing bad things with it," said AJ Randall, a representative for Community Not

Not sure how the media missed this, but the feds now offer grants to cities to expand their surveillance. Axon grossly overcharges for everything from ALPRs to drones to VR taser simulation training programs. The taser deal is just a sliver of how much tax revenue is handed to Axon.

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Axon is infiltrating our cities, communities and consciousness to extract profit by tracking our every move. We must stop Axon. This is the fight of our lives, and for the livelihood of our future. TURN THE CAMERAS OFF! CANCEL THE CONTRACTS!! GET YOUR AXON OUTTA HERE!!!

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CAMERAS OFF NOW! rally and press conference tomorrow at 1pm in Seattle City Hall Plaza. Arrive by 12:45pm, as we'll be starting early so can be finished before 2pm City Council meeting. AND tamales for all! 😋

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