CAMERAS UNDER ATTACK 🚨💣 #Shorts
The short version: A viral short on vandalized Flock cameras hints at rising public anger, but outrage alone won't fix broken surveillance policy.
Our Take
Mallik Milkuri's short taps into a trend we've been tracking for a while: people are fed up enough with Flock Safety's ALPR cameras that some are taking matters into their own hands, literally ripping the devices out of the ground. The clip doesn't pretend to have all the answers, but it captures something real — a growing number of Americans who never consented to having their daily movements logged by a private company's camera network bolted to a pole in their own neighborhood.
We don't endorse vandalism, but we understand the frustration. When cities quietly sign contracts with Flock, residents rarely get a real say, and the data-sharing agreements that follow can spread your travel history to police departments and federal agencies far outside your town. Destroying a camera might feel satisfying, but it doesn't touch the underlying system — the company just sends a replacement and the surveillance resumes. Lasting change comes from public records requests, city council pressure, and local ordinances that actually ban or limit this tech.
If you want to know whether this fight has already landed on your street, check our camera map to see documented Flock locations near you, and visit our take-action page for tools to push back the right way — through policy, not pliers.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Mallik Milkuri, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.