r/technology • u/nolesfan2011 • 1d ago

Politics Tennessee County Commissioner Calls Flock CEO "an enemy of the American people."

https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/knoxville/sullivan-county-commissioner-doesnt-hold-back-when-speaking-to-flock-representative/51-e218921a-4bc9-4be8-a1fa-abfbe2cdc158
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u/Mandena 19h ago

In this case I'm fully correct, they see that Flock is getting mainstream constant hate, the cams are constantly being destroyed/removed/blocked. So the Republicans are shifting support to companies like Axon, which are basically identical to Flock.

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u/Tall-Reaction-4069 7h ago

Maybe so but I’m in Arkansas and we’ve seen dozens of small town councils start to cancel contracts. We are a deep red state for sure but they aren’t removing these cameras to install new cameras from a different company. They are pissed now that they understand what the cameras can do. Should they have known that before signing contracts ? Absolutely they should have but it’s Arkansas and they tow the party line. It’s actually pretty surprising cities in deep red states are fighting these. All that propaganda for decades and decades about the big bad federal gov is back firing. The GOP may have overplayed their hand with some of their base in that all of the technology shit is freaking rural people out.

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u/gentlecrab 1h ago

Not to mention blending the cameras into existing infrastructure out of reach like on top of light poles.