san antonio Think Tank Exposes How Your Tax Dollars Are Funding a Secret Tech Surveillance Network in Plain Sight
A new report from a San Antonio-based watchdog group reveals that local police and city contractors have quietly installed license plate readers, facial recognition cameras, and acoustic gunshot detectors across low-income neighborhoods, all funded by federal grants that were supposed to support community programs. The data is being shared with ICE and private real estate developers, while residents were never notified. The group asks: who benefits when surveillance becomes a revenue stream?