Possibly a legal way to get rid of flock cameras???? What are your thoughts #deflock #flockcamera
The short version: A sewing-and-gardening creator wades into the Flock fight, floating a possible legal angle for challenging ALPR cameras — proof this issue has outgrown the usual activist circles.
Our Take
Credit where it's due: Olivia Zamora isn't a surveillance reporter or a civil liberties lawyer — she's a sewing and gardening creator who looked at a Flock camera on her street and decided to ask out loud whether there's a legal lever to pull. That's exactly the kind of organic curiosity this fight needs. We're not going to repeat her specific legal theory here since we haven't verified it, and armchair legal takes on YouTube deserve scrutiny, not amplification without context. But the instinct behind the video — "wait, can they actually do this, and can I actually do something about it?" — is the right one.
The truth is the legal terrain around ALPRs is a patchwork of state statutes, local council votes, open records requests, and the occasional lawsuit, and almost none of it is settled law in the way people assume. Whether a given angle holds up often depends on your state, your city's contract language, and how the local police department is actually using the data. That's why we push people toward documentation and process over viral workarounds: file the records requests, show up to the council meeting, find out who signed the contract and for how long.
If a camera near you is part of the conversation, check our map to see what's already been logged in your area, and use our take-action page for the concrete, repeatable steps — not just hopeful theories — that have actually gotten cameras removed elsewhere.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Olivia Zamora | Sewing + Gardening, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.