New Mexico Man Claims He Took Down Flock Cameras in Bernalillo County Before Arrest
The short version: A Bernalillo County man allegedly tore down Flock ALPR cameras before his arrest, per a new Abandoned Nation video — vigilante action we don't endorse, but a symptom of real surveillance fatigue.
Our Take
Credit to Abandoned Nation for surfacing this one. The details are thin — a man in Bernalillo County, New Mexico reportedly claims he pulled down Flock Safety license plate readers before getting arrested — and we're not going to pretend we know more than the video shows. No court records, no confirmed charges breakdown, just a claim and an arrest. We're flagging it as a story to watch, not a verified timeline.
We don't endorse property destruction, full stop, and not just for legal reasons. It gives Flock and local law enforcement a tidy narrative: cast the company as the victim, paint critics as criminals, and dodge the actual question of why unaccountable networks of plate-reading cameras got installed with little public debate in the first place. The real fight isn't sabotage, it's forcing transparency — public records requests, city council pressure, audits of who's accessing this data and why.
What this story does confirm, again, is that ordinary people are fed up enough with being tracked block by block that some are taking matters into their own hands. That frustration is valid even when the method isn't. If you want a legal outlet for it, check whether Flock cameras are already watching your commute on our camera map, and see what organized pushback looks like on our take-action page.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Abandoned Nation, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.