Okay, you're not going to believe this, but there's a point in time at which the city of Milton Police Department considered this cop to be the most qualified for the job. Let's watch this cop, Miss Smith, as she grabs her gun while approaching a journalist vehicle because he was committing the crime of recording a guy who is installing a Flock warrantless mass surveillance camera. >> Roll your window down, sir. Your passenger window, roll it down. >> I'm sorry, my window's down. >> Roll your window down, your passenger window, roll it down. >> Hold on, ma'am. Just one second. Yes, ma'am. >> Roll your window down, your passenger. >> You didn't say rear passenger. >> I did say that. >> You said passenger. >> All right, I'm Officer Smith with the city of Milton Police Department. And the reason why I'm stopping you is because there is a vehicle that says that you have been following them. >> Yes, that's correct. I'm a member of the press. >> Okay. >> was following at a distance cuz I'm documenting them putting up Flock cameras. I'm an investigator reporting on >> All right, let's go over this video by Atlanta News First where a Flock Safety guy was installing a camera. This reporter from Atlanta News First stopped to record this guy, and the Flock Safety guy, ironically, calls the police for being recorded while he's putting up a camera that's going to record everybody at all times. Starts off saying Flock Safety says it has deployed 120,000 cameras across the country. They record the movements of millions of Americans whether they're suspected of a crime or not. The company makes millions of dollars, I would say billions, from police departments searching that extensive database. Thankfully, this journalist recorded everything with his dash cam and with his other cameras he had aboard his vehicle. Let's check this out. Let's make some comments along the way, including comments about the police officer, the police department response, what the dispatcher did and should have done, and the crazy hypocritical actions of the Flock Safety guy. And before we get started, remember, always record the police. >> This is what happened when we tried to record Flock installing a new camera on public roads. >> Roll your window down, sir. Your passenger window, roll it down. >> I'm sorry, my window's down? >> Roll your window down. Your passenger window, roll it down. >> All right, ma'am, just 1 second. Yes, ma'am. >> Roll your window down. Your passenger. >> I love it when they talk to us like we're children. You didn't say rear passenger. >> I did say that. >> You said passenger. >> All right, I'm Officer Smith with the city of Milton Police Department. And the reason I'm stopping you is because there is a vehicle that says that you have been following them. >> Yes, that's correct. I'm a member of the press. >> Okay. >> And I was following at a distance cuz I'm documenting them putting up Flock cameras. I'm an investigative reporter. >> Okay. >> How? >> It's like, is that a crime, officer? Is following somebody at a safe distance a crime? Can you articulate any crime for which you pulled me over? Do you suspect me of committing a crime? If you do suspect me of committing a crime, is it based on objective articulable facts? Cuz if you don't have any of those, I don't need to give you my license. I didn't commit a violation. I didn't commit a crime. >> How did three Milton, Georgia police cars end up in our rearview mirror? We've been investigating Flock and police abuses of its 120,000 camera nationwide [music] surveillance network since January. Recently, Flock was upgrading one of its cameras about a mile from my house. So, I parked at a distance, then pulled out my press placard, my yellow vest, and a news camera. >> As soon as I pulled over, >> Uh-huh. >> I opened the back, which you can clearly see is a utility vehicle. >> Yeah. >> I put on my yellow vest. >> I then got out this camera. He quickly put away his ladder, jumped in the car, and took off at a high rate of speed. >> I had to wait a couple cycles of lights. He got caught at a couple other lights up ahead. I was following him several cars back to see where the next location was so I could get video of him installing >> a Flock camera. >> Yeah, so I could get video of a Flock camera that he was installing that you guys abuse frequently. Have you yourself ever misused data coming from a Flock safety camera, officer? You are now under investigation as is your entire department. >> I'm on my way, mister. Just for emergency. >> I work with Flock safety and I'm getting followed, harassed pretty much, taking videos and pictures. >> What is your name, sir? >> Uh, I will just provide my first name because I don't want them to hear my full name on the 911 call when they get it. >> Yeah, hi. I work for Flock safety. I install cameras that mass surveil everybody at all times including you and your family, Miss Dispatcher. I need men with guns to come out and intercept a guy who's trying to surveil me. The lack of awareness and overt hypocrisy is off the charts. But let us proceed, shall we? >> He said that he did see you coming out bringing your camera out and everything and so, you know, they've been told just to not engage or anything like that. And his worry more than anything is that, you know, he's just an employee. >> Sure. >> Anybody like you and me. >> He's not just an employee. He's a guy who works for an evil company that does evil things to innocent people 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And you, officer, are not just an employee. You work for an organized crime ring. You and your fellow thin blue line gang members collect 6.2 to 6.8 billion dollars from the American tax cattle just in speeding tickets alone, not counting the other abuses of authority you're involved in. The job of this Flock Safety guy is to install a warrantless mass surveillance system that pries into and spies on the life of every innocent American just trying to get by. >> You know, he's just an employee, sure. Anybody like you and me. And now he's going to be in the news and he doesn't know if he's going to be targeted him or his family. >> He doesn't know if he's going to be targeted. Oh, no, a Flock Safety guy doesn't know if he's going to be targeted or not as he installs equipment that targets everyone at all times. >> So, that's his concern. >> There is an irony here that they're setting up these cameras that track all of our movements, that follow everywhere we go. But when I try to get video in public of him setting up a camera, he is afraid I'm following him. >> It's not the first time Flock has called 911 on citizens armed with cameras. >> Hey. >> How's it? >> Good. Thanks, bud. >> Nice to meet you. I'm with >> Flock Safety. >> I'm the security manager for this site. >> Yeah, I was >> Okay. >> I think they just Um I'm just >> I'm with Flock Safety. I spy on you and your loved ones and everyone you hold dear. May I ask why are you out here recording us as we record you? >> Recording? That's the Everybody's recording us. >> Police in Smyrna, Georgia intervened when a Flock manager called them to remove YouTubers recording outside their warehouse. >> He wouldn't shake Tommy G's hand. Did you see that? Went out to shake his hand, uh left him hanging. >> outside their warehouse. >> That's what you guys do to us without our consent. >> Okay. >> And I think it's interesting when you guys have this happen, you call the police and make us get stopped. >> On the 911 call, Flock asked another of its customers [music] for a favor while suggesting three times the photographers may have weapons. >> What if we called dispatch? I'm about thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of us and said uh somebody installed a camera on a pole and I think they're spying on me. It's tracking me wherever I go. I need you to get the law enforcers out here to do something about it. >> Three young white males, probably mid-20s. I'm not sure if they're armed and they're carrying filming equipment as well. >> What's the name of your business? >> Yes, ma'am. It's Flock Safety. We do the license plate reading cameras [music] that solve 20% of the crime across America. >> Traffic, of course. >> That's a That's a lie. That's a lie. They do not solve 20% of the crime across America. And what's this? I'm not sure if they're armed. You know they're not armed and this is tantamount to swatting somebody. Somebody could have got seriously hurt or killed when the cops showed up on this swatting raid. But wait, you ain't heard nothing yet. >> equipment as well. >> What's the name of your business? >> Yes, ma'am. It's Flock Safety. We [music] do the license plate reading cameras that >> Oh, okay. >> solve 20% of the crime across America. >> Traffic, of course, of course. And we appreciate y'all. >> Okay. No, thank you. We need a favor. Yeah. >> [laughter] >> We need a favor. That sounds like corruption to me. And isn't it just like a spy to object to being spied on? What the dispatcher should have said is has anybody threatened you? Has anybody harmed you? Has anybody damaged your property? Has anybody stolen your property? If the answer to all of the above is no, we can't send a man with a gun out. They haven't done anything wrong. They haven't committed a crime. They're just filming you? Well, you're filming us 24/7. How could you possibly have a problem with being filmed? >> Absolutely. Flock Safety. Call her the dispatcher that three young white males were filming equipment. >> One of those men was Ben Jordan. >> The cop The cop should have said, "Wait a second. You're You're giving me a call about a guy who's being filmed by another guy? What's the crime? Sounds to me like constitutionally protected activity and I'm supposed to be here to solve and stop crimes. That doesn't sound like a crime to me. >> One of those men was Ben Jordan. >> They're journalists. They're filming something. I'm a security researcher. They just asked me to comment on it. >> He interviewed with us months earlier. Do you find it at least coincidental, if not ironic, that a company that actually makes money surveilling the public is concerned that the public might be surveilling them? >> Oh, of course. I mean, that's yeah. That That's the most absurd part of it. >> Jordan bought a ticket for Flock's annual law enforcement conference in August, but Flock refunded his money and canceled his hotel room. >> Flock had the power and pull to cancel his hotel room? >> We weren't allowed in, either. Police guarding the door kept us out while other officers partied with Flock on the patio. Next door from our drone, we could see Flock selling its drone to police. >> It's a big club and you and I ain't in it. >> When we asked to attend, the [music] company told us Flock Forward is a customer event and not open to the media. >> Keep that in mind right there. >> Who is the customer? Is the citizen the customer or is the police department the customer? >> So, ultimately, I would I would argue that the whole community is our customer. >> The whole community is our customer. Are you a customer of Flock? Am I a customer of Flock? Is there any opt-out button? >> Back in April, Flock told us we have no practical choice but to be recorded in its nationwide [music] database the private company sells to the government. >> Why can't I opt out? Why can't [music] the spouse or ex-spouse of a police officer opt out of this kind of data collection on their movements? Why can't the person opt out? It's because if your car gets stolen, if something were to happen. Moreover, the government requires you to have a license plate. It's the law. >> That is a great reason to stop using license plates, to stop paying registration, to stop letting the government surveil us while they object to us surveilling them. The government should know nothing about you and you should know everything about them. They're supposed to be the servants. You are supposed to be the master. Why are they always acting like the master and treating us as the servants or the subjects? >> And it's plain view information. Your license plate is part of the plain view. And so why can't you opt out? You can if you want to opt out of society. >> [music] >> But Flack effectively opted out of us recording them by calling 911. >> Okay, so she has him pulled over. >> I did not want to pull over with them just because I don't want any of that drama. We've been getting harassed multiple times a day already. >> Mommy, they constantly harass me. Well, dear, you do work for the devil. What did you expect? >> And I know for fact that's when this guy wants to. >> I know media. >> All right. >> Uh the you know, the first amendment and all of that, but also we should probably be a little more careful on who we put on the on TV and stuff like that. Not that >> The first amendment all of that, you know. See, you just be real careful who you put on TV, okay? >> I'm saying that you would have So he's just >> Just to be clear, he's entitled to his privacy in a public place. Isn't that the whole argument that people were criticizing Flack? >> He's concerned about >> I know I understand that. >> telling you how to interpret that. >> And I don't have I don't have a side in the story. I'm an investigative reporter. But the critics of Flack are saying they haven't given permission to be photographed in public. >> Yeah, I don't know. >> And he's in public and doesn't want to be photographed. There's there's an irony there. >> I was let go with no charges. But now, every day on my way to work, I'm captured again by those same shiny new Flock cameras. We tried watching the watchers. Turns out, it's a lot easier for them to watch us. >> In a statement to Atlanta News First, Flock Safety said, "We do not object to members of the public or press photographing Flock cameras or personnel in public. Employees and contractors working in the field are expected to prioritize their safety and may contact law enforcement when they believe they are being threatened, harassed, followed, or otherwise face a safety concern." With the installation of more and more Flock safety cameras and Axon and Motorola, our liberty is jeopardized in the name of this so-called promised safety. And those who give up a little essential liberty for that politically promised security deserve neither liberty or security. If you disagree with anything that I said in this video, please let me have it in the comments section below. I want to hear what you have to say anyway. 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