'I Would Never Do This To You:' Protesting Flock, Arizona Man Presents Plan to Surveil Government Officials
404 Media Samantha Cole
A Casa Grande, Arizona resident performed satirical theatre at a city council meeting, proposing to surveil government officials using satellites and AI to mirror the city's deployment of Flock cameras on citizens. The city approved a $10 million, 10-year Flock contract last year and has installed approximately 140 of 200 planned cameras, including 70 license plate readers and 70 pan-tilt-zoom cameras. The resident launched a petition opposing the surveillance system, which has garnered nearly 900 signatures, and is calling for warrants to be required before accessing camera data.
Why it matters
“They didn't understand it was satire in the beginning until the end,” Casa Grande, Arizona resident Jacob Petrosky told 404 Media. “They were not happy, they were very upset.”
