Arguments wrap in Union Square surveillance case
Judge Richard Ulmer of San Francisco County Superior Court is currently considering whether to side with the city or protesters alleging that police illegally spied on them in Union Square two years ago.
The lawsuit comes as Mayor London Breed wants to grant police even more access to security cameras in public areas that have been impacted by an uptick in store robberies and other crimes.
As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported, both sides motioned for summary judgment in the case of Williams v. San Francisco and began making their arguments January 21.
The conclusion of the arguments was pushed to February 1. In the case, lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union allege that police conducted mass surveillance on the Black Lives Matter protests that erupted in late spring 2020 by commandeering private security cameras in the Union Square area.
