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Flock cameras, they're harmless, right?
They're never going to catch you doing
anything wrong because you never do
anything wrong, right? That's what
people think. But, new reporting is that
Flock cameras have been catching people
doing all kinds of things from uh benign
I don't even know if these are crimes uh
to maybe
skirting around school districts. Flock
cameras have been apparently tracking
whether or not parents actually live in
the school district that their kids are
going to, whether or not you're buying
weed from another state and driving it
back into your state where it's illegal.
Flock cameras are being used in ways
that should be alarming to everybody
because what other creative ways are
they going to dream up to use Flock
cameras? Probably in a lot of different
ways. But, here is a story of a man in
Wisconsin. Uh they used Flock cameras to
determine that the man traveled to
Michigan frequently where marijuana is
legal, and then he went back to
Wisconsin where it is illegal. Then they
used his travel across state lines as
tracked by Flock as part of the probable
cause justification to search his car
for weed. He was eventually arrested on
marijuana possession charges according
to court records reviewed by 404 Media.
The searches came to light in Wisconsin
criminal complaint against Edward Abram
Phillips, who was wanted for bail
jumping on domestic violence charges,
but the criminal complaint makes clear
that beyond the bail jumping and
domestic violence charges, police
specifically studied Abram Phillips
interstate travel to create the pretext
for searching his car for marijuana. The
bail jumping charge was dismissed. Abram
Phillips was found guilty only of weed
possession in the case according to the
court records. Now, you might say,
"Yeah, but this guy was bad, you know,
he was a domestic violent guy, and you
know, he committed crimes against women,
and
he deserved what he got." And maybe
that's true. Maybe he does deserve what
he gets. But, this is showing how
they're using these Flock cameras.
They're tracking you drive to a state
where weed is legal and then watching
you drive it back and they might not The
next time they're not going to need the
idea that you're a domestic abuser.
They're just going to get it They just
want to be able to throw you in jail and
make money or or whatever it is that
they're doing. You know, make an example
out of you. Maybe they don't like your
political opinions and they decide to
track you and figure out what it is
you're doing wrong. This is very
dystopian. The fact that they're using
Flock cameras in this way. Now, I'd
heard of them using Flock cameras to
track women who were getting abortions
outside of states, you know, they would
drive and get an abortion in a state
where it's legal, in a more liberal
state, and they drive back to their
conservative state where it's illegal.
And they were tracking women doing this.
Now, they're tracking people who might
go across state lines and buy weed
legally. Again, the woman went across
state lines and had an abortion legally
and then comes back to the state and
they say, "Well, you've committed a
crime." I don't know exactly how Now, I
understand in the state
possession is a crime. I don't know how
exactly they go after women who get
abortions in other states. What do you
charge her with?
You know, in your state, she went and
got an abortion legally in another
state. It's not like she came back with
something like weed, you know, and then
you could charge her with possession.
So, I'm not really exactly sure what
they plan to do with that, but I'm sure
they're planning on something, you know,
somehow criminalizing things. But, um
this is the type of stuff they're doing.
Here is a a man who talked about how he
actually submitted an FOIA request for
his own license plate. He was denied and
the reason he was denied is they said
privacy concerns. So, when he wanted
Flock footage of his own car, the city
claimed it was a privacy violation and
denied his request. This is what he says
here. I recently submitted an FOIA
request to my city for all vehicle
tracking data collected on my car
license plate. Just received a denial of
my request from their legal
representation. After review, the city
respectfully denies your request. The
records requested consist of data
generated by the city's automated
license plate reader system, which is
maintained and utilized for law
enforcement purposes. These records are
exempt from mandatory disclosure
pursuant to SC code 30-4-40,
which exempts records of law enforcement
agencies where disclosures would harm a
prospective law enforcement action,
reveal investigative techniques or
procedures, disclose the identity of
confidential sources, or otherwise
interfere with law enforcement
operations. Excuse me, what? So, they're
saying, "Oh, no, no, no, no. All of this
footage is actually for
our records for um
investigation. These are investigative
records.
Following your car using Flock cameras
is investigative material, and that is
why we're not giving it to you because
we don't give you the material from a
murder case, for example, because that's
part of an investigation. You can't just
get it.
So, because it's an ongoing
investigation,
you're not allowed to have this data.
Because they basically are saying they
are in an an
an in infinite ongoing investigation
against you.
That's what they're admitting.
That you are under investigation,
and that you will the these these
records, these videos are
part of those investigations.
Says, "In addition, the requested
records consist of historical location
information reflecting the movements of
a vehicle over time. Such information
implicates substantial privacy
interests. While an individual
observation of a vehicle traveling on a
public roadway may not be protected, the
compilation
of numerous observations into a
searchable database creates a detailed
record of a person's movements,
associations, and activities. Disclosure
of such information would undermine the
privacy interest recognized by the
Fourth Amendment and Article 1 Section
10 of the South Carolina Constitution
and would be inconsistent with the
city's responsibility to protect
sensitive law enforcement information.
So, what they're saying there is
this these records
says that this consists of historical
location information that
shows it's a compilation of numerous
observations that goes into a searchable
database, which creates a detailed
record of a person's movements,
associations, and activities. And
they're saying, "So, no, you can't have
that because that would be a violation
of the Fourth Amendment, but never mind
law enforcement having it. Oh, law
enforcement is actually who's not
supposed to have it according to the
Fourth Amendment.
That's who's really not supposed to have
it.
And yet they're saying, "Well, no, we
can't give it to you because that would
be a violation of the Fourth Amendment
because it actually tracks everywhere
you've been and everybody you've talked
to, everything you've done. It's a
detailed record. So, we can't give it to
you. We have a detailed record on you."
is what they're saying. That's what
they're admitting. "We have a detailed
record on you.
But no, you can't have it. You can't
know because one, it's part of an
investigation, an ongoing investigation
into you because you are always a
suspect. Every citizen is a suspect.
At any time we might need this
investigatory material for some sort of
investigation against you."
So, they said, "Accordingly, the
requested records are exempt from
disclosure under the South Carolina
Freedom of Information Act and the city
respectfully declined your request. This
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And that's why some people are out there
destroying cameras.
Um there is a
there is a a man This is a tweet here
from Matt Van Swoll who says, "Nearly
20,000 people are publicly vouching for
a man accused of cutting down Flock
cameras in a small West Virginia town.
People commented, "He was saving my
neighbor's dog from a fire all day.
Couldn't be him. This man is innocent. I
saw him serving at a soup kitchen.
Couldn't be him. He was helping me
replace the roof on a homeless shelter."
[laughter]
So, all of these people, when he was
when he was caught violating Flock
cameras, all of these people came to the
rescue and said, "No, that wasn't him.
He's like this good guy who serves at a
soup kitchen, builds roofs for homeless
shelters." You know, they're all coming
forward. 20,000 people lying on behalf
of this guy because people do not want
these Flock cameras around.
story tonight where it appears nearly
20,000 people have vouched for the
whereabouts of a man accused of
destroying Flock cameras in West
Virginia.
Thousands [snorts] of people have
publicly said they were with or saw
20-year-old Wesley Jackson during the
time he was accused of the crime with
comments such as, "Couldn't be him. He
was helping me replace the roof on a
homeless shelter.
And I saw him serving at a soup kitchen
at the time of the incident. He has
pleaded not guilty to the crimes against
him."
[laughter]
[gasps]
So, you know, people are against these
Flock cameras. People do not want these
uh coming after us. And look at this,
you know, you might think, "Oh, but it's
only for the criminals." It's only for
the criminals. Well, guess what? Now
there's new reporting that
um
you know, they told you, "Oh, no, Flock
cameras were for crimes, stolen cars,
and people doing bad things." But now
they're using these
Flock cameras, excuse me.
Uh I can't wait for this fire smoke to
go away.
Now they're using these license plate
reader cameras
to verify where families live so their
kids can attend school. So, they're
saying that
uh we're going to verify your residency
because a lot of school districts are
you can't go to that school unless you
actually live in their district. And so,
now they're using these Flock cameras to
track a car to see where did it start
from and where is it ending up and are
they actually in the school district or
not?
So, this is how they're going to get
you.
And during COVID, they would have used
these all the time. Oh, you did not stay
6 ft away. We caught you on camera. You
weren't supposed to travel to, you know,
10 blocks away because we were all under
lockdown orders.
You didn't go to the vaccination clinic.
We don't have any record of your car
driving to a vaccination clinic.
These things are so dystopian. We have
to get rid of these Flock cameras. They
cannot be allowed. They cannot be
allowed to exist. This is absolutely
insane. I get it that they are using
them for good things. They are catching,
you know, they'll say, "Yeah, but we've
been able to actually get, you know,
missing children and silver alerts,
missing
elderly and we've been able to, you
know, capture kidnappers and we've been
able to stop, you know, all kinds of
crimes or at least all all kinds of
crimes." I get that. But they're also
the problem with that is they use these
tools for all of these nefarious reasons
as well. They say, "Well, no, but you're
a criminal because you went and got an
abortion across state lines in a place
where it was legal."
You know, it's like, "Okay, so you can't
go to Vegas and do anything in Vegas
that's allowed." Which a lot of things
are allowed in Vegas. And you're not
allowed to do any of that because you
live actually in a different state. So,
if you do all those criminal things in
Vegas, you know, going to a casino and
visiting the Bunny Ranch or wherever it
is you do, then you come back to our
state, you're going to go to jail. I
mean, what are they What are they
planning on doing with this? So, you
can't actually do things that are not
criminal in another state and come back
to our state and act like you're not a
criminal. We know you're a criminal.
We've been able to track you.
This one is
um
from the LEAH files on Twitter. She says
they tell you Flock cameras are there to
fight crime. So, I pulled the actual
police logs from my new favorite
website, haveibeenflocked.com.
233 million searches that they have been
able to get via FOIA requests of some
places you are able to get it
apparently. And here's what finding
crime actually looks like. Greater than
84% had no case number at all.
The most common reason a cop typed in
the box was blank, nothing. So, they
were doing searches and they didn't even
give a reason for it. Only about 9% were
even tagged as a real crime. Test and
training showed up as reasons run on
real people's cars. So, all they have to
do is just say, "Oh, it's a test. So, I
want to look up your license plate
number." Or it's just training and they
can spy on you and see everywhere you've
been.
The FBI and Homeland Security were wired
into local camera networks your town
never signed off on. So, what is Flock?
She says, "Flock 100,000 plate cameras
bolted to poles across America. They
read your plate everywhere you drive and
never forget." Flock's AI turns your
plate into you, your name, your address,
your family, everyone you know in
seconds. No warrant.
Um Signal Trace, which is a competitor's
tool that tracks the Bluetooth off of
your phone, your AirPods, your watch,
doesn't even need your plate. She says,
"Then I followed the money and the lead
investor behind Flock also funds an
Israeli company that can hack cameras
and change the footage. Another lead
investor backs a 911 app that flips on
your phone's camera and mic. Trace it
all the way back and you had a former
Israeli Prime Minister and Jeffrey
Epstein's money."
So, of course the Israelis are behind
the Flock cameras. Of course they would
be because they're proud of the fact
that they create all of the
surveillance, that they are They're the
ones who invent and create the
surveillance state. And that is why so
many countries are getting in bed with
the Israelis, don't want to criticize
the Israelis, don't want to do anything
about what the Israelis are doing
because they want all of this extra
surveillance that they can use on their
populations to control them.
And so they get that from the Israelis
and they have to stay in the good graces
of the Israelis because the Israelis can
use that technology uh however, you
know, they can use it against the
countries. They can I'm sure flip the
techno- I'm sure they've got backdoor
software into those technologies to turn
them against the countries if the
countries turn on Israel. It's a massive
problem. Massive problem.
And oh, what is this?
Um
Let's see here. Let me grab this one
here.
This is what I wanted to show you. Here
it is.
Oh, it turns out, let me just go ahead
and put this full screen.
The Flock director worked for APAC. Oh.
Isn't that interesting?
So, this person who works for Flock
See if I can get rid of that lower third
for you.
Oh, that looks used to work for APAC.
Oh.
Okay.
Right.
Again, all Why do you all roads lead to
Israel?
I mean, I don't mean to have Israel
derangement syndrome,
but they don't give me a choice.
Because all roads don't lead to Rome.
They lead right to Tel Aviv.
Uh what is this? James Lee, he's a great
investigative journalist and he says 53
cities have replaced their Flock AI
surveillance cameras with new hidden
cameras made by Axon. So, you you your
your city will be able to tell you, "No,
no, we don't use Flock cameras." Oh, no,
but they use this.
The backlash against Flock is so great
at this point that cities are now
installing a new kind of AI surveillance
camera made by this company called Axon
disguised in things like digital speed
signs. With 53 cities having removed
their Flock cameras only to replace them
with Axon mounted cameras. So, the big
question is, what is going on here?
Well, let's talk about who owns Flock
and who owns Axon. Okay, on one side,
Flock, you have investment groups like
Andreessen Horowitz. That is Mark
Andreessen's group, the conehead guy.
Further down the list, you see
highlighted Founders Fund. That is Peter
Thiel's group. Y Combinator below that.
That is the group that used to be run by
Sam Altman. And then on the other side,
Axon, that is a public company that is
91% owned by institutional investors.
BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street.
[music]
That's the big three, and they are the
top three shareholders of the company.
[music]
I hope you guys are noticing a little
bit of a pattern here. It's Silicon
Valley technocrats on one side with
Flock, and the other side, Wall Street
bankers and finance. Okay, almost every
single piece of content that I've come
across about mass surveillance
specifically targets Flock, not
necessarily the mass surveillance
industrial complex as a whole. So, I
thought, "Hmm, that is
very interesting. Could it be a
coincidence?" Maybe. But here's
something that we do know for sure about
all of this is that Donald Trump earlier
this year invested millions of dollars
into Axon Enterprise. Then I saw MAGA
influencers starting to get involved in
the conversation. Here, Tim Pool is
talking about how Flock cameras are
really just AI law enforcement. Again,
the target is specifically laser-focused
on Flock. Matt Walsh just did a deep
dive a couple days ago about Flock. You
guys perhaps picking up what I'm putting
out there? And then I came across this
reporting from Tony Ortiz, a reporter
from Texas, who claimed, quote, "At
least two influencers he's spoken to
have been approached with offers of
money in exchange for posting negatively
[music] about Flock cameras on X." So,
now it's not just a theory. We're
talking about a possible paid influencer
campaign. Weird, to say the least. And
then this next part is an absolute
doozy. Okay, in 2015,
Jeffrey Epstein partnered with former
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to
invest in a security tech startup called
Reporty Homeland Security, now known as
Carbon. Yes, Jeffrey Epstein and Israel
is a part of this story as they usually
are. Because guess who owns Carbon now?
That's right, Axon. The key takeaway for
all of us has to be that we can't get
hung up on Flock or any other individual
company, but we have to fight against
master surveillance as a whole.
Right, absolutely. Because they will
come up with a workaround in order to
get us to calm down like they always do,
which is just rebrand, rename, or buy
from a different company
that supposedly is a different company.
But all in the end, it's the same exact
thing. So, um it is very dystopian. They
really are using these cameras in ways
that I could not even dream up. You
know, at first it was, "Oh, no, it's
just we're fighting crime and catching
speeders." But now they're tracking
whether or not you're actually putting
your kids in the right school. They want
to know if you're buying weed across
across state lines. They're probably
going to follow you all the way to Vegas
and figure out which casinos you visit
and how much money you spent. I mean,
that is what these are about. This is
not good. Everybody should be against
it. And oh, by the way, I saw that guy
who's being charged with destroying a
Flock camera. No, no, he was helping an
old granny across the street right at
that time. So, there's no way it
couldn't possibly be him.
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