Show Notes
Are Flock Safety cameras keeping us safe, or is AI-powered mass surveillance stripping away our constitutional privacy rights? In this episode of Cite Your Source, Angela Rye investigates how automated license plate readers (ALPR) are tracking drivers across America, the history of government surveillance and COINTELPRO targeting Black communities, and whether public safety justifies a digital surveillance state.
Together we explore who controls our data, unauthorized police searches, racial profiling risks, and whether cities can hold surveillance tech companies accountable.
FEATURED GUESTS IN THIS EPISODE • Dr. Xavier Buck — (Fact Checker) Founder of History in 3; Exec. Director, Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation & Founding Director, Black Panther Party Museum • Jerome Richardson — Producer & Journalist (covered anti-ICE protest monitoring) • D’Ixara Batani-Khalfani — Advocate & Daughter of community leader Akil “Bird” Batani-Khalfani • Chief Mitchell R. Davis III — National President, NOBLE (National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives) & Chief of Police, Hazel Crest, IL • Jay Stanley — Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project • Regina Holloway — Co-Founder, Hive Labs & Columbia University Atlantic Fellow
CITED SOURCES & FURTHER READING • History of Government Surveillance (COINTELPRO): https://www.ebsco.com/research-starte... • Federal Ruling on Flock Camera Mass Surveillance: https://www.washingtonpost.com/techno... • ACLU Report on Automated License Plate Readers: https://www.aclu.org/you-are-being-tr... • CBS News Investigation into Flock Crime-Solving Claims: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/flocks-c... • Wired: How Much Do Flock Cameras Actually Cost Cities?: https://www.wired.com/story/how-much-... • Study on Unequal Surveillance in Black Neighborhoods: https://www.vpm.org/news/2026-01-21/c...
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