A democratic socialist House candidate who has participated in anti-Israel demonstrations has been accepting campaign cash from firms whose technology has been used to monitor protesters. Darializa Avila Chevalier, who is looking to unseat five-term incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat, received a $1,500 donation from Rami Sarafa, Board of Elections records show. Sarafa is CEO of Cordoba Advisory Partners, a wealth management and private equity firm. Cordoba created an investment vehicle, Datamnr Preferred Secondary LLC, to buy preferred shares in Dataminr, an AI “risk intelligence” company whose tools have been used by police to monitor Black Lives Matter protests and Gaza…

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