I went to a DeFlock rally. I got inspired. #shorts
The short version: Jess Craven's on-the-ground footage from a DeFlock Pasadena rally shows that ALPR resistance is becoming a real, emotional grassroots movement, not just an online complaint.
Our Take
Credit where it's due: Jess Craven 101 went to a DeFlock Pasadena rally expecting B-roll and came away genuinely moved. That reaction is worth paying attention to. It's easy to treat license plate reader surveillance as an abstract policy fight — zoning hearings, council minutes, vendor contracts — until you stand next to neighbors who are angry enough to show up in person and say they don't want their daily movements logged by a private company's cameras on every public street.
That's the real story here. Flock Safety and similar ALPR networks have spread so fast precisely because most of this rollout happens quietly, buried in city budget line items and police department press releases, with almost no public debate. A rally like the one Craven filmed is a rare moment where the abstraction becomes visible: real people, in one place, refusing to treat dragnet surveillance as normal or inevitable. Small, local pushback like this is exactly how these systems get rolled back elsewhere — one city council meeting, one public records request, one rally at a time.
If this clip makes you want to know what's watching your own street, check our camera map to see documented ALPR locations near you, and head to our take-action page for concrete steps to push back where you live.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Jess Craven 101, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.