Cleveland resident DEMOLISHES every argument for Flock AI cameras

Our Take

More Perfect Union's cameras caught something we see over and over: a community says no to Flock Safety, and instead of that being the end of it, local officials just... ask again. Cleveland residents organized, testified, and won a vote against these AI-powered plate readers. Then the mayor and city council president decided that wasn't the answer they wanted, so back to the podium everyone goes. That's not democratic process, that's attrition — betting that people will get tired of showing up before the surveillance industry gets tired of asking.

This is exactly the playbook we track nationwide: a 'free trial,' a quiet council vote, a PR push about solving crime, and when residents push back, a revote or a rebrand. The Cleveland speakers in this video aren't wrong to be furious — they did the work democracy asks of them and got a do-over instead of a decision. Every camera installed this way, on a technicality or a second try, becomes part of a network that logs where you drive, when, and how often, with almost none of the oversight that should come with that kind of power.

Credit to More Perfect Union for putting actual residents' voices front and center instead of a company talking point. If you want to see whether Flock has already found its way onto your streets, check our camera map, and if your city is having its own 'first vote didn't count' moment, our take-action page has tools to help you organize before the revote happens to you.