#vigilantism — Public Fediverse posts

"A growing campaign of vigilantism and vandalism against the billion-dollar startup Flock is sweeping across the United States.

Flock makes and sells surveillance cameras that monitor and log the license plates of cars, and relies on AI to track people as they pass by. The company has at least 135,000 cameras in the U.S., allowing police officers from all over the country to tap into Flock's massive nationwide camera network for investigations, including cameras outside their jurisdictions. Flock cameras are also sold to private businesses and residential organizations, like homeowner associations, extending the network of cameras that cops can access into residential spaces.

But public opinion is shifting firmly against license plate trackers like Flock. A recent poll shows that more Americans oppose law enforcement's use of license plate camera trackers than support them, a reversal from a year ago when the majority of Americans said they were in favor of the technology.

People are cutting down Flock cameras placed on roadside poles at a near-daily rate. Some cameras have been smashed, spray-painted, and shot at, while some people are relying on novel methods of destroying Flock cameras, like spraying foam-expanding sealant into them. One incredibly stubborn man sat in front of a Flock camera with a 12-foot-pole to lawfully block it out of sheer hatred for the thing. And, TikTok is awash with guides on how to identify Flock cameras, while some are documenting their efforts showing how to covertly disable them."

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/vigilantism-comes-for-flock/

#USA #Flock #Vigilantism #Surveillance #PoliceState

Good, thorough look at the AP3 militia, particularly looking at their ties with law enforcement around the US, their really dangerous (for migrants) work at the Tex-Mex border, and their paranoid and violent vision for November.

From the article's summary:

- Militias After Jan. 6: Internal messages reveal how AP3, one of the largest U.S. militias, rose even as prosecutors pursued other paramilitary groups after the assault on the Capitol.

- Organized Vigilantism: AP3 has already sought to shape American life through armed vigilante operations — at the Texas border, outside ballot boxes and during Black Lives Matter protests.

- Close Ties With Police: AP3 leaders have forged alliances with law enforcement around the U.S. Internal files reveal their strategies for building these ties and where they’ve claimed success.

#militias #AP3 #APIII #threepers #ThreePercenters #ACAB #Vigilantism #BlackLivesMatter #Jan6 #Immigration

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-secret-ap3-militia-american-patriots-three-percent