No Data Center / No Flock video - No Data Centers / De-Flock America - How to start a movement
The short version: A creator named Unwind pitches low-tech, aerial-visible protest signs against Flock cameras and data centers, showing how local resistance can start small.
Our Take
Credit to the channel Unwind for a genuinely grassroots idea: paint your objection on a bedsheet, hang it where drones and low-flying planes can see it, and make your stance on surveillance impossible to ignore from above. It's a low-budget, high-visibility tactic, and it fits a pattern we see again and again — communities pushing back on Flock Safety ALPR networks and data center buildouts framed as "public safety" or "economic development" when residents were never really asked.
What makes this video worth watching isn't polish, it's the reminder that opposition doesn't have to wait for a city council agenda item. Flock's pitch to local governments almost always skips the fine print on data retention, third-party sharing, and the total absence of proof that blanket ALPR coverage reduces crime. When residents feel steamrolled by a contract that mostly benefits a vendor's bottom line, creative, visible dissent — even bedsheets — becomes a legitimate form of civic speech.
If your town is weighing a Flock contract or already has cameras up, don't wait for someone else to paint the sheet. Check our camera map to see what's already been documented near you, and head to our take-action page for concrete steps to organize, file records requests, and push back at the local level.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Unwind, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.