Flock, Axon, and any other private surveillance company needs to go #deflock #fightforthefuture
The short version: A creator called Discount Soldier Boy adds his voice to a growing chorus: private surveillance firms like Flock and Axon have no business running the eyes on our streets.
Our Take
Discount Soldier Boy's blunt framing cuts right to the point we keep hammering on: this isn't just about one company's cameras. It's about an entire business model where private, for-profit corporations get to decide how much of your daily movement gets logged, stored, and sold back to police departments as a subscription service. Flock and Axon are the biggest names in that market right now, but the title of this video is right to lump them together — the problem is structural, not just a single bad actor.
What makes these partnerships so slippery is the lack of democratic input. Most towns never got a real public vote on whether a private vendor should operate a license plate tracking network across their streets. City councils quietly sign contracts, and suddenly every car that passes a certain intersection is logged in a database the public can't see, audit, or opt out of. That's the pattern we track at our camera map — not because every camera is a smoking gun, but because the scale and opacity of these networks deserve scrutiny most communities never got the chance to give.
Videos like this matter because they keep the pressure visible outside of policy wonk circles — credit to Discount Soldier Boy for putting it in plain terms. If you want to do more than watch and nod, check our take-action page for ways to push back where you live.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Discount Soldier Boy, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.