Q&A
Allegations of unauthorized surveillance of Black Lives Matter activists
1:19:55
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Council Member Yusef Salaam brings up a lawsuit alleging unauthorized surveillance of Black Lives Matter activists, contradicting earlier testimony about no breaches of protocol. Deputy Commissioner Michael Gerber responds to this allegation.
- Gerber clarifies his earlier statement was about IT breaches, not about allegations of unfair targeting
- He states he's not familiar with the specific allegation mentioned by Salaam
- Gerber emphasizes that an allegation does not necessarily mean it's true
- He declines to comment further on any ongoing litigation
Yusef Salaam
1:19:55
Thank you.
1:19:56
I'd just like to acknowledge that we've been joined by council member Krishnan as well.
1:19:59
Earlier, we were discussing privacy and civil liberty concerns about has the NYPD ever experienced a breach, legal, unauthorized access to a surveillance data.
1:20:13
There was testimony that we heard that said that there's never been a breach or protocol, a breach of protocol and use of surveillance technology.
1:20:21
We found that there my team was researching this quickly and he's found that there's a whole lawsuit about targeting of black lives matter activists and it was found to be unauthorized use.
1:20:34
Just want to know if there was anything to
Michael Gerber
1:20:35
address So just to be clear, I was asked earlier about breaches on the IT side and I said and I stand by this that I'm not aware of that but I wouldn't necessarily know of any possible breach obviously.
1:20:49
And then in terms of a claim by an activist that that he or she was unfairly targeted, I'm not familiar with that particular allegation.
1:20:58
The fact that someone alleges it does not make it so.
1:21:01
And to the extent there's ongoing litigation over that, that litigation will will play out.
1:21:06
I'm not familiar with the particular matter, but in any event, I wouldn't be commenting on an active, pending case.
Yusef Salaam
1:21:17
Thank you.
1:21:17
I'm gonna pass it to chair Brewer.
1:21:20
Just