Get the Flock Out| #aclu #flockcameras #shorts| ACLU
The short version: ACLU's short spotlights growing grassroots pushback against Flock ALPRs, and we say the momentum is real but needs to turn into local policy wins.
Our Take
Credit where it's due: the ACLU is using its platform to amplify something we've been tracking for a while — ordinary residents showing up to city council meetings and telling their representatives they didn't sign up for a camera on every corner logging their plate, their location, and their patterns of life. This short is a quick hit, not a deep dive, but it captures a real shift in public mood that's been building city by city.
What matters here isn't the slogan, it's the mechanism. Flock's network only works because local governments keep approving contracts, often with little public debate and even less scrutiny of who gets access to the data and for how long. Every viral clip like this one chips away at the assumption that these systems are harmless infrastructure rather than a mass-surveillance dragnet that logs innocent people by default.
If this clip got you fired up, don't stop at watching — find out if your own street already has one of these cameras on our camera map, and if it does, use our take-action guide to push your council to answer for it.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of ACLU, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.