Ketchum City Councilman Tripp Hutchinson faced public criticism during Monday’s council meeting for his recent alleged theft of Palantir Technologies advertising material displayed in Friedman Memorial Airport.

Several public commenters called for his resignation.

Denver-based Palantir Technologies, a controversial data company, is tightly linked with the U.S. national security apparatus and has come under fire from critics as violating “ethical applications of AI and moral uses of software by government,” according to reporting by the Wall Street Journal.

Hutchinson told the Friedman Memorial Airport director after the alleged theft of the company’s advertising that he “did not agree with the advertisement of ‘Palantir,’” according to a probable-cause affidavit filed by the Hailey poli

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