people destroying flock cameras for 5 minutes and 15 seconds

Our Take

GTFlockO's compilation, clocking in at just over five minutes, is less a how-to guide than a mirror held up to a growing public mood: people are fed up with cameras they never voted for, watching every car that passes. The creator is careful to disclaim violence and illegal activity, and we'll be just as clear — we don't endorse destroying property, vandalism, or anything that puts people at legal risk. But we also don't think footage like this appears in a vacuum. It's a symptom of communities that feel surveilled without consent and shut out of the decision-making that put these poles up in the first place.

That frustration is legitimate even when the response shown isn't the right one. Flock Safety's network has expanded into thousands of towns with little public debate, often approved in a single council meeting with no opt-out for residents. When people feel like the only way to be heard is to take matters into their own hands, that's a failure of the normal channels — open records requests, city council pushback, public comment periods — not an excuse to skip them.

If you're angry about a camera near you, there are legal, durable ways to channel it. Find out where ALPRs are actually deployed near you with our camera map, then use our take-action resources to push for transparency, audits, and policy limits through your local government — the kind of pressure that actually sticks instead of getting someone arrested.