Cops Are Using Flock to Spy on People for the Crime of Standing Around

Police scanned Flock cameras in a single town in Illinois more than 1,200 times to investigate cases of loitering.

theintercept.com/2026/09/09/flock-cameras-police-loitering-curfew-surveillance/

Loitering is the dumbest illegal thing right up there with jay walking and criminalizing not having a home.

Are you loitering if you’re walking the dog? What about if you’re smoking outside? What about if you’re sitting on a bench in a park?

It depends. Is someone richer than you upset about it? Then it’s loitering.