Fuck The Flock - By David Kerley
The short version: David Kerley's blunt protest track 'Fuck The Flock' channels growing public rage at Flock Safety's license plate readers into a raw, unfiltered anthem.
Our Take
David Kerley isn't mincing words. His track "Fuck The Flock" cuts through the corporate PR-speak that usually surrounds automated license plate readers and says what a lot of Americans are quietly thinking: these cameras aren't neutral infrastructure, they're a surveillance dragnet dressed up as public safety. When a musician picks up a mic instead of a protest sign, it's usually because the frustration has been building for a while.
The "it's just a camera" line gets repeated by police departments and city councils every time a Flock contract comes up for renewal. But networked ALPRs don't just snap one plate — they log time, location, and direction of travel for every vehicle that passes, stitching together a movement history on millions of innocent people with zero warrant required. That's the pattern Kerley's title is pushing back on, and it's the same pattern we track camera by camera.
Art like this matters because it reaches people who'll never read a city council agenda or a surveillance audit. If this song gets you fired up, turn that energy into something concrete: check our map to see what's watching your own neighborhood, and hit up take action for ways to push back where you live.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of David Kerley Unfiltered, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.