Everyone Is Talking About Flock Cameras! | The Afternoon Addiction
The short version: A Darth Vader bit at a San Diego council meeting, riffed on by 550 KFYI's Afternoon Addiction, accidentally nails the truth about Flock's surveillance state ambitions.
Our Take
Credit where it's due: whoever showed up to that San Diego city council meeting in a Vader costume delivered the sharpest public comment on Flock Safety we've heard all year. 'This is what the emperor needs' is basically the pitch every police chief and city manager is quietly making when they sign these ALPR contracts — a nationwide network of cameras logging your movements, shared across agencies, with almost no public oversight. The Afternoon Addiction crew at 550 KFYI picked up on the bit because it's funny, but the joke lands because it's true.
Strip away the costume and the punchline is the same one we've been making for months: these systems aren't sold to you, they're sold around you. Councils get a vendor presentation about stolen cars and Amber Alerts, residents get a fait accompli, and nobody gets a real debate about a database that can reconstruct anyone's daily routine. When a guy in a cape has to say the quiet part out loud to get a laugh, that's a sign the quiet part needed saying.
If your city hasn't had its own Vader moment yet, don't wait for one. Check our map to see if Flock cameras are already watching your streets, and hit take action for tools to push back before your council needs a costume to get the point across.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of 550 KFYI, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.