If you saw someone taking down a flock camera, no you didn't.

Halloween night will be wild this year.

At what point do we stop voting for the people putting up the flock cameras, and start voting for those that have comprehensive plans to address real issues?

We cheered for a vigilante who presumably shot a health insurance CEO to death, too.

A local guy just got caught taking down a decoy camera that the cops set up to get whoever had been cutting down cameras in the area.

So they caught him, but the mayor seemed irritated about the decoy operation, which she wasn't aware of. She wondered who paid for the camera, but it turned out to be a 3D print that one of the cops did at home. Aloarently city council were already debating removing the cameras, and the mayor seems to be on the negative side.

Anyway, whenever the story comes on the news, I vocally declare my support for the guy, to anyone who happens to be in the room.

Cutting these things down is fine and all, more power to you. In decently sized cities, they’ll just replace them and it becomes a game of whack-a-mole. Go to noalprs.com and sign up - look for a local group and show up to city hall. If your town isn’t on the map, create a group. There has been enormous success by pointing out the privacy risks, security failures, potential for abuse, 3rd party data collection, etc. When a contract is cancelled, ALL those cameras go down. Seriously, sign up and fight. Angry folks at town halls make change.

Lpt: a circular saw is quicker than a sawzall on 2in aluminum pipes. If you aren't sure what kind of metal you're working with, use a magnet. If it sticks, use a sawzall. If it doesn't, use a circular saw. With a little practice, you can get through a 2in pipe in under 45 seconds (12s is my record for 2in aluminum pipe)

How you use that little tidbit of info is up to you I guess, I just like sharing information about metalworking, since I'm a hobby level blacksmith.

And just in case you want to go camping with your metalworking tools, as one does, there are some decent brands that fit nicely in a backpack, and you can get around your campground quickly with bicycles. Just don't bring your phone, they ruin bike trips.

Flockjacks=heros

I'd smash.

One of the few things everyone seems to agree on.

Fuck right off with this title.

It's anger against the goddamn fascist fucks watching the cameras.

I'm definitely cheering them on because I'm too chicken shit to do it myself.

There's one across the street that captures my home. I fantasize about taking it out in a number of creatively destructive methods.

Direct some of that ire at the employees who are supposed to work for We The People, but they did this to us, with sneaky means to avoid public knowledge, with our taxes. Seems against the alleged founding values.

Something is rotten,

They work for We The People,

But lie to us all

Practice your second amendment on a flock of cameras.

im not really declaring a stance on this. ( ideally, social media participant shouldn't have stances or agendas).
but based on historical fact..
in my previous city, when there was a major law enforcement controversy..
they raised officer salary by 28% -45% .
so.. damn, that aloot of $$$ .
what are the consequences of that?
there are good and bad consequences.
in that specific case, it may have been possible because the city had the funds for it. (or perhaps every city does).
otherwise, gotta implement a new tax to pay for it.. or redirect resources.

Anyone that gets caught doing this should absolutely gamble on a jury trial. You’re constitutionally entitled to it, and the odds of there being at least one person in there who fucking hates this shit is pretty damn high.

Most people still don't know what a flock camera is.

I'm glad they're calling them vigilantes, because a vigilante is someone who punishes crimes outside the bounds of the law. Good to see media acknowledging that Flock cameras are criminal.