Flock and other automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras continue to give AI data centers a run for their money as the least welcome presence in American communities. Things are getting so bad that Flock Safety’s CEO, Garrett Langley, came out of the woodwork last week to apologize for his 2025 comments to Forbes where he likened anti-Flock activists and deflock.org, the site that tracks where ALPRs are placed, to “terrorists.” Calling his past remark “a mistake” and throwing some stock we see you, we hear you-type platitudes to his critics, Langley went on to insist he still believes in a world that can be filled with his probing digital eyes—”a world where we can have safety and privacy.” But a hasty and uninspired defensive PR campaign may not be enough to reverse the momentum clearly building against Flock. Whereas before, the viral videos of kids destroying camera poles could lead some to incorrectly but plausibly dismiss the movement as the project of a few far-left scofflaws, anti-Flock sentiment is now an incontrovertibly bipartisan movement. Professional broken clock Tucker Carlson has even jumped into the fray to lead the flank punching Flock from the right, referring to Langley as the product of a “douchebag factory.” The winds shifting against Flock’s favor aren’t just giving us uplifting videos of vandalism and catty discourse clips. There have also been several newsworthy on-the-ground policy changes surrounding the increasingly unpopular devices.