No-BS Take — Flock Safety met Halloween and became target practice
The short version: An AI-narrated video frames vandalized Flock Safety cameras as Halloween 'target practice,' spotlighting growing public frustration with ALPR surveillance.
Our Take
Credit to In Vodka Veritas for an all-AI production, but the underlying story keeps surfacing with or without a human narrator: people are fed up enough with Flock Safety's always-on license plate cameras to start treating them like Halloween props and shooting gallery targets. Whether it's spray paint, bags, or something more destructive, the pattern says more than any press release from Flock ever will — communities weren't asked if they wanted a camera on every corner logging their movements, and some are pushing back in the bluntest way possible.
We don't endorse vandalism, but we understand the impulse. These devices aren't neutral traffic tools; they're part of a nationwide network quietly building location histories on ordinary people, often installed without real public debate or oversight. When residents feel like destruction is the only lever left, that's a failure of transparency and consent, not a failure of public patience.
If you'd rather fight back with information than a baseball bat, start by checking our camera map to see what's watching your own neighborhood, then hit take action for ways to push back through your city council instead of a crowbar.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of In Vodka Veritas, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.