Republican Rep. Scott Perry and Democratic Senate candidate Adbul El-Sayed are politically and ideologically opposed — but they’re united against Flock.

Flock Safety’s artificial-intelligence-powered license plate readers and surveillance systems have proliferated in the United States over the past few years, prompting national concern about privacy and a bipartisan backlash that has created some unlikely — if temporary — alliances between otherwise ideologically opposed lawmakers and political hopefuls.

They include Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry and Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Adbul El-Sayed. The two couldn’t be farther apart on the political and ideological spectrum.

Perry once led the House’s ultraconservative Freedom Caucus and pushed the “great replacement” conspiracy theory touted by white nationalists; El-Sayed is the first Muslim nominated by Democrats for U.S. Senate and a progressive running on the issue of Medicare for All. But when it comes to what to do about Flock’s nationwide surveillance network, the pair have seemingly found common ground.

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    3 days ago

    Replacing Flock cameras with Axon cameras is not the way. Don’t let them get away with pretending it’s all about Flock.