Flock camera memorial
The short version: A creator called Orwell Day turns the teardown of a Flock ALPR into a tongue-in-cheek 'memorial,' spotlighting growing public frustration with these cameras.
Our Take
Credit to Orwell Day for finding dark comedy in a subject that's usually dead serious. Framing a downed Flock camera as something worth memorializing says a lot about how normalized resistance to these devices has become in some communities — people aren't just annoyed anymore, they're treating the removal of a surveillance node like a small civic victory.
We don't have details on the specific incident, the location, or the legal fallout, so we're not going to speculate beyond what's shown. But the broader point stands: these cameras are being installed by the thousands with little public input, and when residents feel unheard through normal channels, some turn to more direct forms of protest. That's a symptom of a transparency problem, not a solution to it.
If you want to know whether Flock or similar ALPR systems are already watching your street, check our camera map, and if you'd rather push back through city council meetings, public records requests, or local organizing instead of a wrench, our take-action page has the tools to get started.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Orwell Day, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.