Grant
The short version: A resident named Grant pushed back on New Hanover County's Flock ALPR cameras at an Aug. 17 commissioners meeting, and DeFlockILM caught it on tape.
Our Take
Local watchdog channel DeFlockILM keeps doing the unglamorous work that actually moves the needle: showing up to county commissioner meetings and hitting record. This clip captures a resident named Grant speaking directly to New Hanover County officials about their Flock Safety ALPR network — the kind of grassroots pushback that rarely makes the evening news but is exactly how surveillance programs get scrutinized before they metastasize.
Public comment periods like this one matter more than people realize. County commissioners approve these camera contracts, renew them, and expand them almost entirely out of public view unless someone forces the issue in a three-minute speaking slot. Whether or not New Hanover County changes course, getting this concern on the official record — and on video — creates a paper trail that outlasts any single meeting.
Credit to DeFlockILM for documenting it and for hosting the fuller record at DeFlockILM.org. If you want to know whether a Flock camera is watching your own commute, check our map, and if you're ready to speak up at your own county meeting, our take-action guide can help you get started.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of DeFlockILM, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.