13 Arrested As Protest Against Palantir Occupies Sunset Boulevard Lobby of Thiel Capital (lataco.com)

Overview & Context

📅 Published: June 27, 2025
✍️ By: Lexis-Olivier Ray | 📍L.A. TACO

This article covers a protest that took place during a Palantir Technologies event held at The Sunset in Los Angeles, where activists disrupted the company’s Gotham conference to denounce its contracts with ICE and its role in mass deportations.

🚨 What Happened

• Protesters disrupted the event by chanting, waving banners, and confronting attendees, drawing attention to Palantir’s surveillance tools used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
• The demonstration was part of a coordinated national campaign targeting Palantir’s growing involvement in immigration enforcement and predictive policing.
• Security escorted the protesters out, but not before they publicly condemned the company’s role in supporting deportation infrastructure and digital surveillance.

🏢 Palantir & Controversy

• Palantir’s Gotham platform is used by law enforcement and national security agencies, with ImmigrationOS—a specialized interface—central to its contract with ICE worth nearly $30 million.
• Critics argue the platform enables dragnet surveillance, civil rights abuses, and corporate complicity in state violence.

✊ Broader Implications

• The LA protest reflects increasing public backlash against tech companies whose tools are used to track, detain, and deport immigrants.
• Palantir has also faced pushback from within, with some employees and shareholders raising ethical concerns over the company’s clients and use cases.

“We’re here to say loud and clear: No tech for ICE. No Palantir profit from deportation.” — Protester at The Sunset

Citation

Ray, L.-O. (2025, June 27). Protesters Disrupt Palantir Event in LA Over ICE Deportation Contracts. L.A. TACO. Retrieved from https://lataco.com/palantir-protest-sunset-la
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