HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- City council speakers signed up to speak out against what they call unnecessarily invasive surveillance policies by the Houston Police Department.

Then, they say they started getting calls from HPD.

Multiple speakers at this week's council meeting said they felt intimidated after receiving calls from HPD before speaking.

"How many of you have read '1984' by George Orwell? Cool," one speaker testified. "So, I got a phone call today from HPD."

"They've been saying some offensive things and even trying to argue about our pain caused by HPD," another speaker said. "That's intimidation, and it violates the right to speak freely."

"After receiving a call from HPD to my personal phone number, I'm deeply concerned," Alondra Andrade said.

Alondra Andrade came before

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