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The dark lord – or someone dressed like him – said the technology would aid the empire in tracking ‘rebel scum’ A man dressed as Darth Vader appeared to poke fun at San Diego officials for using Flock Safety automated license plate readers at a city council meeting this week, a stunt that comes as the company faces growing backlash linked to spying concerns. The man, whose real identity remains unknown, masqueraded on Thursday as the Star Wars villain at a San Diego public safety committee meeting. Continue reading...
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The dark lord – or someone dressed like him – said the technology would aid the empire in tracking ‘rebel scum’ A man dressed as Darth Vader appeared to poke fun at San Diego officials for using Flock Safety automated license plate readers at a city council meeting this week, a stunt that comes as the company faces growing backlash linked to spying concerns. The man, whose real identity remains unknown, masqueraded on Thursday as the Star Wars villain at a San Diego public safety committee meeting. Continue reading...
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"This is what the Emperor needs."
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Darth Vader dropped by a SoCal community meeting to leave public comment about how Flock could help him catch Luke Skywalker.
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AIPROPX has consolidated 4 reports from 4 outlets into a single canonical entry on “Darth Vader’ comes out in favor of Flock cameras at San Diego city council meeting.” The covered outlets are based across 2 regions — Other and UK.
The earliest report in this entry came from The A.V. Club (Aug 20, 2026, 18:30 UTC); the most recent came from The Guardian US (Aug 21, 2026, 21:58 UTC).
Comparing the wording across sources, 5 named entities are referenced by multiple outlets and the phrase recurring most across the coverage is “darth vader”.
5 statements are carried by only one outlet within this set and are not echoed by the others.
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AIPROPX — “Darth Vader’ comes out in favor of Flock cameras at San Diego city council meeting” · https://www.aipropx.com/story/aeb4bccdb1a14d7bc5fc2f2e2f92455d
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