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The short version: A viral short from creator jhonnyjuice9 captures a simple, growing public sentiment: Flock's ALPR cameras need to go.
Our Take
Sometimes the message doesn't need forty-five minutes of B-roll and a slideshow of legal citations. jhonnyjuice9's short cuts straight to the point: flock cameras need to go. It's a gut reaction, and it's one we're seeing bubble up across TikTok and YouTube Shorts from people who never thought about license plate surveillance until they spotted one of these solar-paneled poles watching their street.
That's exactly how this fight gets won or lost. Flock Safety didn't ask most communities for a public vote before blanketing them with networked cameras that log every passing plate, time-stamp it, and hand it to whatever agency wants a look. The outrage in a 60-second clip is the same outrage that, multiplied by enough people, actually gets a city council to cancel a contract. Virality isn't a substitute for policy, but it's often the spark that gets people to ask who installed the camera on their corner and why.
If this short got your blood up, don't let it stop at a like and a scroll. Check our map to see what's already logged near you, and head to our take-action page for concrete steps — records requests, council meeting scripts, and more — to turn that gut reaction into real pressure.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of jhonnyjuice9, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.