DeFlock and DeStroy all cameras.
The short version: A self-styled 'OG DeFlocker' brags about smashing ALPR cameras, but vigilantism isn't strategy — mapping, documentation, and public pressure are what actually roll back surveillance.
Our Take
We get the impulse. Flock Safety cameras have multiplied across American streets with little public debate, and plenty of people are furious that a private company is quietly building a nationwide vehicle-tracking network. The channel OG DeFlocker is channeling that anger into direct action — literally taking a bat or bolt cutters to the hardware. It's dramatic, it's cathartic, and it will get clicks.
It's also the wrong play. Destroying a camera doesn't delete the data already harvested, doesn't change the contract your city council signed, and hands police and Flock a ready-made press release about 'vandals attacking public safety infrastructure.' Smashed units get swapped out same-day, often replaced with better-hidden models, while the person who broke it risks real criminal charges for a fight that needed public scrutiny, not a sledgehammer.
The actual leverage is boring and legal: knowing exactly where these cameras are, who's paying for them, and showing up when the contract renewal hits the council agenda. That's the work we do. Check the map to see what's already been documented near you, and if you want to push back the right way, our take-action guide has real steps that don't end in a mugshot.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of OG DeFlocker, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.