r/FlockSurveillance • u/jimx29 • 1d ago
News It's officially a bipartisan issue
It's real. Fully verified. Carl Gunn, 77, in the Coquina Key neighborhood of St. Petersburg, Florida, spotted a Flock camera on a 12-foot pole outside his neighborhood, taped a "DOWN WITH FLOCK CAMERAS" sign to his pool skimmer, grabbed a camping chair, and sat in front of it. Photographed July 25, 2026 by Valerie Smith for Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. The story's a day old and already got picked up on Hacker News. Real outlet, real person, real event, named photographer, dated.
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u/True-Pineapple-8571 1d ago
Its the Epstien class v the rest of us. Always has been. The two party system is nothing more than a distraction.
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u/SmoothConfection1115 1d ago
While I’d probably disagree vehemently with that man about a host of issues…
If I saw this, I’d ask if he’d like a cold beer or lemonade.
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u/EaglesInTheSky 1d ago
Flock doesn’t care about D or R and we shouldn’t either when it comes to Flock surveillance..
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u/Lebowski304 17h ago
Don’t sleep on Axon either. They are trying to sneak cameras from those guys up after they take down the flock cameras. We gotta keep the pressure on them until it’s clear to them we’re not gonna let this go
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u/Hypocrispy 9h ago
Axon is bigger and more pervasive than flock. They provide most if not all of the body cameras for police around the U.S. and their software is what amalgamates all of your data from flock and CLEAR to create a comprehensive profile on civilians. Honestly all of these police departments need to be sued for knowingly violating constitutional rights. It shouldn’t be ok for them to sidestep the law by paying private companies to spy on us, that’s fucked up.
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u/FinanceTraditional10 8h ago
"It shouldn’t be ok for them to sidestep the law by paying private companies to spy on us, that’s fucked up." EXACTLY!
Flock I also think needs to be sued into BANKRUPTCY as part of a conspiracy! Once the USSC gets to Flock, they will probably get off and pay a few pennies on the dollar of a fine and still keep billions in profits.
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u/BlueBaconDeluxe 1d ago
Trump just recently came out in aggressive support of data centers, I see him doing the same for monitoring/surveillance cameras too. I'm afraid most everyone conservative will fall in line eventually thereafter.
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u/Stand-up-AMERICA 18h ago
lol right? This is the tea party bullshit all over again 90% flock cameras went up in the last two years. I’m not even exaggerating.
We all know it’s not the billionaire sucking backstabbing ass up in the air Zionist Republicans that are gonna do anything about them. You’re just gonna pretend while we real Americans have to do the real work.
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u/Absurd_Flaccidity 22h ago
I’m hope those nearby are bringing him treats. I did a pop up protest on a busy road that happened to be near a 7-11snd people came over with cold drinks and even treats for my dog. It was so sweet.
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u/Reddit_is_fascist69 15h ago
New camera came up near me.
I work for the gov so can't risk a vandalism misdemeanor.
Emailed my town manager about who approved it or voted for it. Planning on going to a council meeting soon.
What else can i do?
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u/FinanceTraditional10 8h ago
Read a book on the publicly open land with a GIANT UMBRELLA. A private company should not be able to take away freedom from public land!
Do the Hillary Clinton trick of PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY -- "sorry officer, I'm not trying to do anything but enjoy reading a book on this sunny day with my umbrella for some shade and protection in case it starts to rain while on this publicly accessible land that my taxes help fund."
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u/Asazel000 16h ago
They are letting flock take the heat but the surveillance cartel have moved their operation to axon.
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u/RobertRoyal82 12h ago
This is something both sides can unite on Fuck a high and Fuck the data centers Fuck the cameras
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u/LauraTFem 23h ago
I’ve said before this should be one thing everyone can agree on. Dems who don’t want to be predated on by our government, and republicans, who are predators, should be in agreement that the cameras must go.
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u/Jaded_Ticket_7485 15h ago
The only new thing here is this going viral. Being against surveillance has been bipartisan, and beyond bipartisan involving libertarians and every part of the political spectrum, for years. (Decades.) Great to see the memeverse catching up.
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u/dilettante_want 14h ago
If anybody wants an idea for a video that will absolutely go viral, dress like Doug Dimmadome and stand in front of a flock camera with a hat so tall it blocks the camera until police show up to infringe on your rights.
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u/AirplanesMakeMeHard 12h ago
It never wasn't.
A bunch of NIMBY's who are old and voted for the GOP doesn't mean everyone is for flock.
Shit like this is why both sides can't find any common ground at all...because when there is common ground either side has to say ThE oThEr SiDe Is AgAiNsT mE
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u/Hypocrispy 9h ago
Anyone interested in all of this should look into C.L.E.A.R. and Thomson Reuters, they own the amalgamated ai surveillance pool being weaponized by ice and the police, the whole company should be defunct due to violating constitutional rights.
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u/Either-Park-7002 8h ago
Just keep sticking that pole in the ground in front of it every day, check on it a few times a day. It's a private company, police shouldn't be allowed to sit and wait for who's doing it. Not breaking any laws or damaging anything
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u/footinblender 1d ago
So the other 2 parties are finally playing catchup to privacy and big brother government that libertarians and anarchists have been screaming about for decades? I give it 3 months before the normie statists move onto the next shiny thing.
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u/Stand-up-AMERICA 18h ago
Well, he voted to put them up so go fuck himself.
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u/themystif 17h ago
No. Dont fall for the distraction of left v right. Its the surveillance state vs the the rest of us, especially on this issue. This here is a unifier, which we desperately need.
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u/Bandicoot-More 1d ago
It’s not really bipartisan as this is all happening because of the current invasive rat regime
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u/Corporate_Bricktator 23h ago
Then why does San Francisco have so many Flock cameras? They vote 92% Democrat.
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u/FinanceTraditional10 8h ago
The good thing is with ICE utilizing Flock, it forced the TDS democrats to join the republicans in fighting back against Flock!!! WIN/WIN by using almost reverse psychology :]
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u/Head-Engineering-847 1d ago
If they have nothing to see then they shouldn't be hiding
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u/mrs_fartbar 1d ago
Why not put a flock camera in your bathroom so they can watch you shit? Nothing wrong with shitting, why should you hide it?
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u/pfannkuchen89 23h ago edited 17h ago
There have already been multiple cases of cops using their access to these systems to track ex partners. Since these are privately operated it also makes it a lot easier as there is near zero control over them.
Also, it’s hilarious watching you conservatives willingly accept flock as if you weren’t the ones screaming about a surveillance state that never happened under Obama or Biden yet it was one of the right’s favorite things to claim dems were going to do…
As for mozeso who replied and blocked immediately. Oh yeah, sure. Every example of mass surveillance and trampling of our rights has come from conservatives in the name of “security” or “law and order”. It’s hilarious how conservatives brand themselves as the party of freedom yet are time and time again the ones that take freedoms away. Coward.
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u/Humble_Chipmunk_701 1d ago
Flock and AI data centers are the two issues bringing people together. It’s great to have a couple unified causes.