Flock cameras track every driver, every day, whether or not anyone did anything wrong, turning ordinary trips to work, church or the doctor into government surveillance data. Deputies and police chiefs have abused these databases to stalk exes, track women seeking abortion care and harass innocent people. This is not a crime-fighting tool, it is a pre-crime dragnet that cannot be reformed, only rejected.
An $8 billion company backed by Silicon Valley billionaires built a warrantless, nationwide vehicle-tracking grid one quiet HOA and city council vote at a time, and now it is funneling data to ICE and Border Patrol despite claiming no such contract exists. Officers have used it to stalk partners, monitor protesters and track dissidents, proving the surveillance problem is not hypothetical. Communities canceling contracts and residents fighting back with cardboard, paint and power tools show the backlash is fully justified.
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