Darth Vader's supports Flock cameras at San Diego public safety committee

Posted 2026-09-23

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At the Aug. 19 San Diego Public Safety Committee meeting, a man in full Darth Vader costume delivered satirical non-agenda public comment: "The Emperor is a fan of Flock," joking the cameras could track rebel scum, the Hoth base, Luke Skywalker's X-wing — and "stalk my ex-girlfriend." No vote taken. 2h44m into the recording, verified verbatim against the RTR transcript. Originally, we saw this reported by 404 media

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Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee Meeting

San Diego, CA · California · 2026-08-19

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[2:44:25] Thank you, Darth Vader. The emperor is a fan of flock and we must continue utilizing flock technologies so that we can follow and surveil the rebel scum as they move from playground to playground from playground to poor from poor to gymnasium because we all know So that the flood cameras are not only following the license plate readers, they are following children, they are following children in parks, and gymnasiums, and we need this. I need this so I can stock my ex-girlfriend. Also, it should be known that the people of this town, the purers that want their storm drains cleared, they should not have their storm drains cleared, because in order to do that, we will have to raise taxes.

[2:45:25] and how will the people trust this city council when this city council continues to vote for surveillance technology that imprisons them. Ms Campbell, you must work on your Jedi mind tricks.

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