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A Facebook comment got 30K likes backing whoever is taking down Flock cameras. #Flock #Avon #News

Kacee Allen · 2 months ago

The short version: A Kacee Allen short spotlights a Facebook comment with 30K likes cheering on whoever's disabling Flock cameras in Avon, revealing just how deep public resentment runs.

Our Take

Credit to Kacee Allen for surfacing this: a throwaway Facebook comment racking up 30,000 likes for backing camera vandals isn't a fringe reaction, it's a flashing warning light. When tens of thousands of ordinary people cheer on property destruction just to get a surveillance camera off their street, that's not "anti-police," that's a community telling you they were never asked whether they wanted to be tracked in the first place.

Flock Safety and local police departments love to frame these devices as quiet, consensual infrastructure — just a camera, no big deal. But you don't get viral support for taking out "no big deal" equipment. People are responding to the feeling of being logged every time they leave the driveway, with zero warrant, zero debate, and zero opt-out. Vandalism isn't a strategy we're endorsing, but the anger behind it is the real story, and it's spreading faster than any city council agenda item ever could.

If you're in Avon or anywhere else wondering whether your town quietly installed one of these, check our camera map to see what's already watching you, and if you want a legal, organized way to push back instead of waiting for someone else to grab a crowbar, our take-action page has the playbook for actually getting these systems reviewed or removed through your local government.

This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Kacee Allen, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.