" Be a Flock Clown" Huntington City Council
The short version: A Huntington, WV resident confronts the mayor and council over Flock ALPR cameras, and local pushback like this is exactly how these programs get checked.
Our Take
Credit to the creator behind justanoldvcr for doing the unglamorous work of actually showing up to a city council meeting and putting elected officials on the record about Flock Safety. Most of these camera contracts get rubber-stamped in quiet votes with little public debate, so footage of a resident standing up in Huntington, WV and pushing back on the mayor directly is valuable just as a document of how these fights actually happen at the local level.
This is the pattern we see over and over: a city quietly signs on with Flock, residents find out after the fact, and by the time anyone asks hard questions about cost, data sharing, or who gets access to the reads, the cameras are already bolted to the poles. Public comment periods are often the only real leverage citizens have before a renewal vote locks in another year of surveillance, which is exactly why showing up and speaking matters even when it feels like shouting into the void.
If you're in West Virginia or anywhere else wondering whether your city already has Flock gear watching your commute, check our camera map to see what's been documented near you, and if you want to push back like this resident did, our take-action page has the tools to help you make your case at the next council meeting.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of justanoldvcr, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.