This police state surveillance apparatus is really quite embarrassing if they have to appeal to the public instead of using the very thing designed for total surveillance that was involved in the incident.
this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2026
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announcing... Flock's new camera security system (another camera pointed at the first camera to watch for people breaking it)
Then a third camera to keep an eye on the second one!
okay, but then who watches the public watching flock camera watcher flock cameras?
Another flock camera of course
But then who watches the flock camera looking at the flock canera looking at the flock camera?
It's flock cameras all the way down.
VERY lucrative contract. Infinite curve. Infinite money glitch.
They only have to appeal to the public to provide cover for what they can really do. They'll just search men in the area whose phones weren't being used or moved during this incident (assuming the guy was smart enough to not bring his phone with him, who knows) and filter by men who make anti-surveillance posts on social media and match the limited physical description available here. Probably wouldn't be more than a few hits that match.
Just look at that physique: that's clearly Donald Trump!
What!? Clearly that’s John Barron
And here I thought it was Alex Jones.
No way, definitely Mike Lindell!
That's not the real Alex Jones you're thinking of. The real one popped like a balloon.
Remember kids. When you see someone damage a flock camera.. no you didn't..
I'm blind in both eyes. I can't even see this comment.
I'm not blind, I imbibed an excessive amount of whatever thc adjacent substance is legal in my state so my memory is not accurate nor admissable
Here's your F bud. Smoke some real bud soon! I'm smoking my pen rn for you.
Also its not legal, just medical, in my state. I have a friend who picks up from dispensaries for me, most people have a hook up.
What Flock camera? There wasn't a Flock camera there.
Slender body, sneaky as fuck, that's obviousl Mark Zuckerberg.
Nah, that guy looks over 5' tall.
Looks like Stephan Miller to me.
PeeWee Himmler
Based hero.
That guy fumbled hard by wearing distinctive clothing, which can potentially be recovered by law enforcement and presented as evidence in a trial. I hope any future Flock vandals reading this do the same thing so they get caught.
Easy problem to solve with a lighter and gasoline.
Where's goth waldo?
He was with me the entire time
Can confirm, that's Ben Dog alright. In fact I overheard him and Kariv Levin at Coachella talking about how much they both hate Flock cameras. I remember Netanyahu laughed and said, "Dude they're totally easy to fuck up!"
Idk but he can hold me in his beatlejuice arms while the world burns down around us
That’s fuking Putin all the way!!
Thats ted cruz
Rafael Edward Cruz, remember his sacred belief in using your birth name only. Respect his choices!
All I see is a side walk
Damn if only they had a picture. I'm curious who's doing a public service
Holy Shit it's Donald Trump!
Hope he burned the shoes and striped shirt.
If he considered obscuring his face, he thought of other shit
We can put on masks too
I am commenting this from now on on all "we're looking for flock bandit" posts
can confirm
I guess I'm going to die beating this dead horse, but Flock cameras are just regular video security cameras and feed back to a cloud AI platform. If you go to their homepage right this minute you will see that not one single example of their camera views shows a license plate read, but several do show the platform identifying people instead.
EDIT: I think I am giving the wrong impression. These are domestic surveillance tools and it's my belief these should be considered unconstitutional. I'm merely stating that these are not ONLY license plate readers (LPR's), they are full cameras.
Are not the number plate IDs just a stepping stone to tracking people? So apart from letting us know how correct you are, who cares? This is mass surveillance. We are aware. It’s why we’re in this group.
Yes. These can read license plates and identify people. They are mass surveillance devices and store their data in a massive centralized system.
Me when I'm defending people who wouldn't even spit on me if I was on fire.
Didn't know that big man Ben N was an anarchist, that explains a lot!
I don't know who specifically but that's one of the kids from the farm on the other side of the fence in my backyard.