Interrupted 5 times at Marinette's Flock vote. He wasn't interrupted once.
The short version: Marinette's council killed its Flock contract 9-0, but Northwoods Progressive's footage shows a lopsided public comment period that deserves scrutiny too.
Our Take
A 9-0 vote to cancel a Flock Safety contract is the kind of result we like to see, and credit goes to Northwoods Progressive for getting cameras in the room to document it. But the headline the channel zeroes in on isn't just the vote itself — it's how differently two speakers got treated at the mic. One person interrupted five times, another sailing through without a single interjection. That's not a small procedural quirk; it's a signal about whose skepticism of surveillance tech gets taken seriously and whose gets managed.
These fights are won or lost in rooms like Marinette's council chambers, where a handful of residents willing to sit through a meeting can outweigh a vendor's sales pitch. Flock's business model depends on quiet contract renewals and elected officials who don't ask hard questions. When that quiet gets broken — even messily, even unevenly — it's a win worth studying, not just celebrating.
If you want to see whether ALPR cameras have shown up in your own town, check our map, and if you're ready to push your council toward a vote like Marinette's, our take-action page has the tools to start.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Northwoods Progressive, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.