Kayleigh McEnany: This is the ULTIMATE question

Our Take

When Fox News' Outnumbered panel is asking hard questions about ALPR surveillance, you know this issue has jumped the partisan fence. The segment centers on three South Carolina teens arrested for destroying a Flock Safety camera, and Kayleigh McEnany reportedly frames the whole debate around one core question that gets to the heart of what we've been saying for a while: who actually consented to blanketing American streets with license plate readers, and who's watching the people running them?

That a camera-destruction case is even generating cable news debate tells you something. Communities are getting cameras installed with little public input, minimal transparency about data retention, and even less clarity on who can access the footage. Teenagers taking matters into their own hands isn't a strategy we'd recommend, but the frustration behind it is real and increasingly bipartisan — this isn't just a civil liberties talking point anymore, it's kitchen-table anger showing up on Fox News panels.

We'd rather see that energy channeled into public records requests, city council meetings, and organized pushback than vandalism charges that land on teenagers instead of the companies profiting off surveillance contracts. If you want to know whether Flock or similar ALPR systems are already watching your street, check our camera map, and if you want to do something about it before your town becomes the next case study, our take-action guide has real steps that don't involve getting arrested.