You Gonna FLOCK on Me - Surveillance Should Be Illegal! #shorts #flock

Our Take

Underdrummer's short is less a policy brief and more a visceral reaction — the kind of "wait, this is legal?" moment that's becoming common as more Americans clock the camera boxes on poles near their neighborhoods. We're crediting the gut-punch framing here: "surveillance should be illegal" is the plain-English version of an argument civil liberties groups have been making in court filings for years. Sometimes the short, sharp take lands harder than the white paper.

That visceral reaction is worth taking seriously, not dismissing as hyperbole. Flock Safety's ALPR network doesn't just catch the occasional stolen car — it builds a rolling log of where your plate has been, timestamped, searchable, and shared across a growing web of police departments and private subscribers. Most people never consented to that kind of tracking, and most never find out their town has it until a neighbor, a reporter, or a short like this one tips them off.

If this clip put a knot in your stomach, don't let it stop at the comment section. Check our map to see what's already watching your streets, and head to take action for concrete steps — public records requests, city council scripts, and organizing tips — to push back before the network grows any larger.