A Pop-Punk Band Just Called Out Flock Cameras From the Stage #Shorts

Our Take

Credit to Latest Tech Memes for catching this clip, because it says something real: you don't need a policy brief to be angry about Flock Safety cameras anymore. When a band in rural upstate New York can get a crowd fired up about license plate readers between songs, that tells you this issue has escaped the wonk bubble and landed in people's gut. Nobody wants a camera logging their car every time they drive to band practice or the grocery store.

We're not in the business of cheering property destruction — that's a fast way to get a felony charge and zero policy change. But we are very much in the business of cheering awareness. Most people have no idea how many of these cameras are bolted to poles in their own towns, quietly building a searchable database of everyone's movements. That ignorance is Flock's biggest asset. The more that message spreads — on stage, in group chats, wherever — the harder it gets for cities to install this stuff without a fight.

If this clip got you wondering what's watching your street, stop wondering and check the map. And if you'd rather channel that energy into something that actually gets a camera removed instead of a court date, our take-action page is the better mosh pit.