Flock Cameras
The short version: A grassroots rapper turns Flock Safety's camera network into a protest anthem, proving ALPR backlash has reached street-level culture.
Our Take
Credit where it's due: I95swervin took the Flock Safety story and did something we haven't seen much of — turned it into a boom-bap track instead of a blog post. When surveillance criticism shows up in bars over a beat instead of a policy memo, that's a sign the anger about license plate readers has moved past wonks and civil liberties nonprofits and into everyday culture. That matters, because Flock's pitch to city councils always assumes nobody outside a courtroom is paying attention.
The song won't replace a public records request, but it captures the gut-level unease a lot of people feel when they realize a private company's cameras are logging their movements block by block, often with zero public vote and zero opt-out. That instinct — that something about a mass database of everyone's driving habits feels wrong — is exactly the instinct we try to back up with actual documentation on this site.
If the track has you wondering whether there's a Flock camera on your own street, check our map to see what's been documented near you, and if you want to push back on your city council or police department, our take-action page has the tools to do it.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of I95swervin, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.