Blogger Comment: And what do Americans say and do against mass surveillance where the debate is now national across the whole of the USA…I wonder if the UK and EU can take any advice here from this and reduce the vast mass surveillance on their people and where all this cannot just be for their so-called protection can it and just what China and the CCP dictate to their people also…no I believe it is far more sinister situation looking into the future and knowing what the Globalists in Davos have in store for us all come 2030 with their Agenda 2030 (no its not the UN’s Agenda 2030, as they are only the front men for the Globalist elites and always have been, as it was Globalist’s construct from the start just after WW2 as a global control mechanism…for them, not us)….
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A Tennessee county commissioner has gone viral after unleashing a blistering attack on Flock Safety over the company’s rapidly expanding network of automated license plate readers, declaring that Americans are furious about being tracked wherever they go.
Kingsport Commissioner Joe Carr reportedly confronted a Flock representative during an August 13 public work session as outrage continues to explode nationwide over the company’s controversial surveillance cameras.
Carr accused Flock of building an infrastructure capable of monitoring Americans’ movements on a massive scale.
“I believe that Flock right now is one of the most hated companies in America,” Carr told the representative.
“They are one of the most corrupt companies in America,” Carr continued.
Carr then went considerably further.
“Quite frankly, sir, I don’t think we can make America great again without hanging your CEO publicly for treason,” Carr said.
“Your company is an enemy of the American people,” he added.
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The meeting leader immediately interrupted Carr, telling him: “Mr. Carr, we are not going to threaten violence to anybody.”
But Carr’s furious confrontation quickly spread across social media as Americans increasingly push back against the nationwide expansion of Flock’s surveillance network.
Americans Revolt Against Flock Surveillance
Carr later clarified that he was not advocating extrajudicial violence against Flock executives.
“I didn’t call for lynchings, I called for due process,” Carr said in a statement.
“You want to try the guy first, and I don’t support political random killings.
“I definitely don’t,” Carr continued.
“But at the same time, you know, the American people are angry.
“I felt, and I think a lot of them felt, that no elected official was really going hard enough on this.
“And so I wanted to be the guy to do that.”
Carr said the extraordinary public reaction to his remarks demonstrates just how deep opposition to the cameras has become.
“I think probably the biggest story though isn’t really my comments, but people’s reaction to them,” Carr said.
“You can go on any of the posts about it and like 99 percent of the replies are agreeing with me.
“And I think that’s where the American people are at right now.”
Carr argued that Americans should not have their everyday movements catalogued simply because they drive on public roads.
“People have a right to go about their business without being spied on,” Carr said.
“Whether or not they’re going to work or going to church, picking their kids up from school, going to football practice or whatever, they have a right to do all these things without being spied on and without having the government logging their every move.”
Sheriff Suspends Cameras amid Privacy Backlash
Within days of Carr’s confrontation, Sullivan County Sheriff Jeff Cassidy suspended all 10 Flock automated license plate readers operating in the county.
Cassidy cited “legitimate concerns” involving “privacy, oversight, and government surveillance.”
The sheriff also asked the Sullivan County Commission to consider putting the issue directly before voters in a referendum that would determine whether his department should be permitted to reactivate the cameras.
“I believe the safeguards currently in place within our agency provide clear guidelines for the proper use of this technology,” Cassidy said.
“If an employee abuses or misuses the technology, we will take quick and decisive action, up to and including termination or prosecution when warranted,” he added.
The sheriff’s office has pointed to crimes that Flock cameras helped solve, including the location of a child predator who escaped federal custody in a neighboring city.
Carr acknowledged that the technology can provide law enforcement benefits but warned that the enormous surveillance capability could become far more dangerous if abused, hacked, or placed in the hands of an authoritarian government.
“If you use this inappropriately or if it gets hacked, and it’s a national security risk by a foreign actor, it could very quickly snowball and become something that outweighs all of the positives that have accrued up to that point,” Carr said.
“Or, Heaven forbid, you get a government that starts acting totalitarian,” he continued.
“And then they have the infrastructure in place, and you can’t really get rid of it once it’s there.”
Massive Network Tracks Vehicles across America
The backlash comes as Flock’s surveillance infrastructure has spread across virtually the entire country.
More than 135,000 automated license plate readers have been identified nationwide, according to DeFlock.org.
Roughly four out of every five reportedly belong to Flock.
Flock says its cameras are operating in 49 states.
Mounted alongside roadways, the devices capture license plates and identifying characteristics of passing vehicles.
The company insists that its cameras do not continuously record video or use facial recognition to identify the occupants of vehicles.
Flock also says customers own the data collected by its systems and that every search must include a documented reason that is logged for later review.
However, documented cases of police officers using the technology to track former romantic partners have intensified fears about what happens when powerful surveillance tools are abused.
Public anger has now reached the point where cameras have been vandalized in at least 36 states.
Roughly 100 municipalities have also canceled or deactivated their contracts with Flock.
Carr warned that the fundamental problem is not merely how the technology is being used today, but the surveillance architecture being constructed for whoever controls it tomorrow.
Bipartisan Revolt Grows
Resistance to Flock has become one of the rare political issues drawing opposition from both Republicans and Democrats.
“I mean, this has probably been one of the most unifying things that I’ve seen in my lifetime,” Carr said.
“It’s not really a left or right issue, because I think the one thing that people really understand innately, even if they’re not expressing it, is that they wouldn’t trust their worst enemy with the technology.”
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) recently paused Texas state funding for Flock cameras.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has warned against allowing Florida to become a “digital AI surveillance state.”
Florida’s Department of Transportation subsequently moved to revoke existing permits for automated license plate readers installed within state highway rights-of-way.
Meanwhile, Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) has backed efforts for a bipartisan statewide ban on Flock cameras in Pennsylvania.
Carr said Americans across the political spectrum must unite before the surveillance infrastructure becomes permanently embedded throughout the country.
“We need to work together,” Carr said.
“It doesn’t matter who’s pulling with us on this.
“We need to work together and make sure that our descendants aren’t spied on forever.”
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