National Week of Action Against ALPRs - Press Conference at Seattle City Hall
The short version: Seattle organizers Community Not Cameras and Seattle Indivisible rallied at City Hall during the National Week of Action Against ALPRs, and creator Rayanne captured it on camera.
Our Take
Credit to Rayanne for getting boots-on-the-ground footage of this Seattle City Hall press conference, held as part of the National Week of Action Against ALPRs. When local coalitions like Community not Cameras and Seattle Indivisible show up in person to push back on license plate surveillance, it's a reminder that this fight isn't just an online debate — it's happening in city council chambers and on courthouse steps across the country.
Seattle is a useful bellwether. Cities that market themselves as progressive on privacy still quietly greenlight Flock Safety contracts, ALPR data-sharing agreements, and fusion-center pipelines that can track anyone's daily movements without a warrant. A press conference like this puts elected officials on notice that residents are paying attention to who's watching, who's storing the data, and who gets access to it down the line.
If you want to see how many ALPR cameras are already logging plates in your own neighborhood, check our camera map, and if you're looking to organize locally the way these Seattle groups did, our take-action page has resources to help you push back before the next contract renewal gets rubber-stamped.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Rayanne, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.