Pluck Them Feathers #flock
The short version: Steven Shevey's clipped 'Pluck Them Feathers' riff pokes at Flock's name and mission, but the real target is how casually ALPR surveillance has become background noise in American life.
Our Take
Steven Shevey's short doesn't pretend to be a policy brief — it's a quick, pointed jab at how normalized camera surveillance has become, wrapped around a pun on Flock's own name. That's exactly the kind of cultural shorthand this fight needs. Most people don't learn about ALPRs from a city council transcript; they learn about them from a joke that makes them stop and ask, "wait, how many of these things are actually near me?"
That question is worth answering seriously. Flock cameras aren't just sitting at a few intersections — they're strung along neighborhood entrances, apartment complexes, and rural roads, quietly logging every plate that passes, building a timestamped record of where you drive whether or not you've done anything wrong. The humor in Shevey's clip works because the underlying reality isn't funny: a private company's hardware has become default infrastructure for local policing, largely without public debate.
If this video got you wondering what's actually watching your street, check our camera map to see what's been documented near you, and head to take action if you want to push back on a system that keeps expanding while most people are still laughing at the memes instead of reading the contracts.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Steven Shevey, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.