Flock says its cameras make US safer - so why are they being sabotaged?
These are not the kind of streets where you would expect to see coordinated vandalism. Yet here four surveillance cameras were attacked and cut down in the middle of the night.The metal poles were severed, leaving the distinctive black oval cameras and accompanying solar panels lying on the ground. On some of the cameras was a red sign reading: "Notice.
- ▪These are not the kind of streets where you would expect to see coordinated vandalism.
- ▪Yet here four surveillance cameras were attacked and cut down in the middle of the night.The metal poles were severed, leaving the distinctive black oval cameras and accompanying solar panels lying on the ground.
- ▪On some of the cameras was a red sign reading: "Notice.
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| Publication time | Sat, 05 Sep 2026 01:16:27 GMT |
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Flock says its cameras make US safer - so why are they being sabotaged?<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Watch: Activist explains app that maps Flock camera locationsByEllie HouseReporting fromHouston, TexasPublished2 hours agoHouston's historic Old Braeswood neighbourhood is affluent and tree-lined. These are not the kind of streets where you would expect to see coordinated vandalism.
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