Some viewers members leaving a live performance by Drake on the Apollo Theater in Harlem got here exterior to see a New York Police Division officer filming these submitting out, elevating issues from privateness advocates over what could be executed with the footage.
The NYPD mentioned Monday (Jan. 23) the video would solely be used for a social media put up, however there have been nonetheless requires the fabric to be deleted.
Music author Jon Caramanica of The New York Occasions tweeted on Saturday night time that the NYPD was filming these leaving the present on the Apollo Theater, placing up a video displaying an officer seemingly recording these popping out.
In a press release, the division mentioned the officer was a part of the social media staff for the native precinct and was getting video for a social media put up about native occasions.
“The video is not going to be utilized for another purpose,” the division mentioned.
However the Surveillance Expertise Oversight Undertaking, a New York Metropolis-based group that focuses on privateness and civil rights, known as the videotaping “extremely regarding” and that attendees had been being surveilled with out their consent. It demanded the video be destroyed.
See Caramanica’s video beneath:
