Abdul El-Sayed Targets Flock Supporter
The short version: NowThis Impact spotlights Abdul El-Sayed pushing back on a Flock-friendly official, a reminder that ALPR fights are increasingly playing out in electoral politics.
Our Take
NowThis Impact's clip of Abdul El-Sayed pressing a Flock supporter is a useful signal: license plate reader surveillance is no longer a wonky city-council footnote, it's becoming a campaign issue. When a candidate feels comfortable publicly calling out 'Big Brother' tech, that tells you how far public skepticism of Flock Safety's camera network has traveled in a short time.
We don't know every detail of the exchange, and we're not going to pretend we do, but the broader point holds regardless of who's running for what: these cameras log the movements of ordinary people who've done nothing wrong, and most residents have no idea how many sit on their own streets. Politicians waking up to that reality — and being willing to say so on camera — is exactly the kind of accountability pressure this fight needs.
Credit to NowThis Impact for putting this moment in front of a wider audience. If you want to see how dense Flock's footprint already is where you live, check the map, and if you're ready to push back locally, our take-action page has concrete next steps.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of NowThis Impact, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.