Flock you Texussia
The short version: Creator Snapbacknow's pointedly titled video riffs on Texas's growing Flock Safety ALPR footprint, framing it as a 'surveillance state' problem worth public scrutiny.
Our Take
Snapbacknow's video title says it all before you even hit play: "Flock you Texussia" is a blunt jab at how deeply automated license plate readers have embedded themselves in Texas, enough that a creator reaches for a comparison to authoritarian surveillance states to make the point land. We don't have the transcript in front of us, but the instinct behind that framing is one we share — this isn't about one bad camera or one bad department, it's about a pattern of unaccountable infrastructure spreading fast.
That's the core problem with Flock Safety's model nationwide: thousands of cameras logging every passing vehicle, networked across jurisdictions, often with little public debate before installation and even less oversight after. Texas has been a growth market for this technology, and when everyday residents start reaching for comparisons to police states to describe their own hometowns, that's a signal worth taking seriously, not dismissing as hyperbole.
Credit to Snapbacknow for putting a spotlight on it and getting people talking. If you want to see how far this has spread near you, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back on a local installation, our take-action page has concrete next steps.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Snapbacknow, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.