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How To Avoid Legal Constraints

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The use of Flock cameras in America is increasing. On Thursday, The Patriot Post posted an article about their use and the legal concerns surrounding their use.

The article reports:

Frustration has been growing across the country over the expanded use of Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) cameras. Flock cameras, produced by a company called Flock Safety, are automated cameras with a system that tracks vehicles, scanning their license plates, make, model, and even physical characteristics like dents and roof racks.

With some 110,000 of these Flock cameras across the nation, vandalism and cutting down the stands or poles on which the devices are mounted have become common as a form of protest against the use of these systems.

Some people see Flock cameras as a violation of their privacy rights. Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley defended his company, claiming that safety “is a fundamental right” he guards. It’s unclear where Langley got that idea, since it can’t be found anywhere in the Constitution. The Fourth Amendment protects “against unreasonable searches and seizures.” It does not provide for safety.

However, Langley is correct in arguing against the vandalizing of Flock cameras, noting that “we live in a beautifully democratic, capitalistic country where we can fight in court.” Destroying Flock cameras over what one considers a violation of Fourth Amendment privacy rights is not the way to fight such potential abuse.

The arguments against Flock cameras are that they serve as a de facto mass surveillance system that effectively records vehicle traffic — and more. However, Flock Safety is not a government entity but rather a private company that contracts with local police departments for access. Technically, it is not the government that is actively keeping tabs on public traffic, though that may be a distinction without a difference.

The government gets away with the surveillance because technically they are not the ones doing the surveillance. I understand the desire for safety and security, but I don’t think Flock cameras are the solution to our safety concerns. The real answer to crime in America is to encourage marriage and intact families. According to the CDC, in 2024, almost 40% of all births in America were to unmarried women. Children who grow up in one-parent households are much more likely to become criminals as adults. We don’t need more surveillance–we need stronger families.

America’s Crime Problem

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There has always been and always will be some degree of crime in America. Not everyone is taught right from wrong or respect for other people’s things. However, crime in America has increased due to the number of people who have come here who have not assimilated and have no respect for western culture. On Saturday, The Conservative Review posted an article about crime in America.

The article reports:

New Department of Justice data shows that the vast majority of violent crimes committed by noncitizens are being committed by illegal aliens, not legal residents — and BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey, alongside her brother, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas Justin Simmons, believes this needs to change.

“A few weeks ago, they released stats for fiscal 2025. And one of the stats in there said that of the 66,000 people sentenced in the United States, 28,000 were noncitizens. Now, not 28,000 were illegal aliens because there’s a difference. You can be a resident alien and have legal status here,” Simmons explains.

“So 28,000 were noncitizens, but of those 28,000, 91.6% were illegal aliens,” he says. “Now, I will say, most of those illegal aliens were charged with those immigration offenses we talked about earlier, illegal entry, illegal re-entry.”

The article notes:

“You can just imagine how much money we would have saved if we didn’t have to incarcerate all those folks who have broken the laws of the United States, who have shown their unwillingness to follow the laws of the United States upon entering the country,” he adds.

Stuckey points out that among the charges are “murder, manslaughter, sex abuse, child sex abuse.”

“The vast majority of those heinous crimes among the noncitizens are being committed by the illegal aliens,” she says.

“Most of the most heinous ones, stalking, harassing, kidnapping, drug trafficking, the vast majority of those are being committed by these illegal aliens, which just shows how dangerous the situation is,” she continues.

“It’s a human rights issue.”

America was founded on a Judeo-Christian legal code. The Ten Commandments are the basis for that code. Regardless of the efforts of some on the political left to remove the Ten Commandments from the public square, they remain as the basis of our society. Other countries do not necessarily have that foundation. When large numbers of people from other cultures enter America, it is very hard for them to be absorbed into our culture. Bringing small groups of immigrants legally into the country allows those immigrants to assimilate and become valued members of our society.