Originally published via Armageddon Prose:Does it get more quintessentially American than illegally knocking off Flock cameras that enable the government to conduct illegal mass surveillance of the “citizens” whom it doesn’t actually view as citizens at all but rather as cattle?Via WUSA9:“A growing number of Flock surveillance cameras are being intentionally vandalized across the country, including in Virginia, as critics raise concerns about privacy and how the data collected by the cameras could be shared among law enforcement agencies.Arlington County police confirmed to WUSA9 that two Flock cameras were spray-painted on May 31. No suspect description has been released.Flock cameras are automated license plate readers that use artificial intelligence to record when and where a vehicle is seen, along with its license plate, make and model. The cameras can also identify distinguishing characteristics, such as roof racks, bumper stickers and other visible features…“I think the police need these tools,” said Sean Kennedy with Virginians for Safe Families*. “These tools aren’t new, and the hysteria around Flock cameras and some of these surveillance tools is overblown.”Kennedy also noted that courts have consistently held that there is no reasonable expectation of privacy on public roadways, making the recording of vehicles traveling on public streets constitutional.“This vandalism or any type of vigilante action against these license plate readers is unwarranted,” Kennedy said. “You have every right to change the law and change the allowances, but you have no right to destroy public property.””Rash of vigilante attacks on Flock cameras across American cities pic.twitter.com/Ap6Fhs0iju