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\n\nOne man spent a night in an Arizona jail after backing his truck into a Flock camera. In Minneapolis, another has gone viral for videos of himself dismantling the equipment with bolt cutters. Both are part of a growing wave of activist vandalism targeting the traffic surveillance technology.
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\n\nNBC News identified 50 areas across the country where Flock cameras have been damaged, spray-painted, smashed or cut down since 2024. CEO Garrett Langley recently announced reforms in response to privacy concerns — but those targeting the cameras aren’t buying them.
\n\n“The changes are bulls—,” said one person charged with vandalism, who described the reforms as “a strategic retreat” to avoid further blowback.
\n\nThe destruction has fueled debate over how best to push back against the technology. But some experts say that as long as the…
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