Flock Cameras: Causing More Problems Than They Help (w/ Owen Benjamin) | ROTC Clips
The short version: A Revenge Of The Cis clip with Owen Benjamin takes a populist jab at Flock cameras, echoing a growing bipartisan unease that these ALPR networks cause more harm than good.
Our Take
Credit to Revenge Of The Cis and Owen Benjamin for putting Flock Safety in front of an audience that doesn't usually get fed surveillance news. The clip format means we don't get a deep policy dive, but the instinct on display here — that a camera on every corner quietly logging your plate is more trouble than it's worth — is exactly the gut check more Americans need to have, regardless of what side of the aisle they're standing on.
That's the thing about Flock: it doesn't care about your politics. The database doesn't know if you're a soccer mom, a journalist, an ex, or a cop with a grudge. It just logs plate, time, and location, and keeps it for whoever has access — sometimes with zero warrant, zero oversight, and zero notice to the person being tracked. When commentators with wildly different audiences start independently landing on 'this makes things worse, not better,' that's a signal the backlash is broader than any one ideology.
We don't take every claim in a clip show at face value, and neither should you — but the underlying question is worth chasing down yourself. Check our camera map to see what's already watching your own neighborhood, and if you don't like what you find, head to take action for concrete steps to push back at the local level.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Revenge Of The Cis, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.