"You're Going To Have To Drag Me Out": West Virginians REJECT Flock Cameras
The short version: TYT Investigates shows West Virginians shouting down a Flock proposal, with one resident physically dragged out for refusing to stay quiet — a stark sign of how contentious these cameras have become.
Our Take
Credit to TYT Investigates for capturing what happens when local officials try to fast-track a Flock Safety contract and residents actually show up to object. The footage of a woman being forcibly removed from a public meeting for refusing to sit down and stay silent says everything about how these deals get pushed through: not with robust debate, but with procedural muscle. If the public had been given a real say from the start, nobody would need to be dragged out of a room.
This is the pattern we track across the country — a city council or sheriff's office quietly signs on with Flock, frames it as a crime-fighting slam dunk, and treats public pushback as an inconvenience to be managed rather than a mandate to be heeded. West Virginians raising their voices here are doing the work that should be happening in every county before a single camera goes up: asking who sees the data, how long it's kept, and whether anyone outside law enforcement can audit it.
If you want to see whether these networks are already watching your own roads, check our camera map, and if you'd rather not get dragged out of your own town hall to make your voice heard, start with our take-action resources before the vote happens, not after.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of TYT Investigates, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.