How To Deflock Your Town #substack #shorts
The short version: Minocqua Brewing Company's short clip makes the case that killing a local Flock Safety contract starts with showing up at city council, not waiting for Washington.
Our Take
Minocqua Brewing Company has built a following by mixing beer with blunt local politics, and this clip is no different — it boils down the fight against automated license plate readers to a simple, uncomfortable truth: nobody is coming to save your town but the people who live in it. City councils and county boards are the ones signing Flock Safety contracts, often with little public debate, and they're also the only bodies with the power to cancel them.
That's the real value of a "how to deflock your town" framing. It shifts the conversation away from abstract national privacy debates and toward the concrete, winnable fight happening in budget meetings and procurement votes near you. Flock's pitch to small-town officials is almost always the same — more cameras, more "safety," less scrutiny — and it works precisely because most residents don't know the cameras exist until after the vote.
If this clip gets you fired up, don't stop at watching it. Check our map to see what's already watching your streets, then use our take-action guide to figure out who on your council needs to hear from you before the next contract renewal.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Minocqua Brewing Company, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.