Flock cameras capture tons of traffic data. Now protestors are taking them down

Law enforcement around the state and country are finding Flock traffic cameras smashed, cut off from their power sources or simply whisked away. The devices use artifical intelligence to record and store vehicle information like license plate numbers. Police departments say they help solve crimes and find missing people. But privacy advocates say they allow law enforcement to gather too much information about individuals and their movements, without warrants. Some critics are taking their concerns to public meetings. Others are physically taking out the cameras. Sanya Mansoor is a freelance journalist who recently covered what she described as a “growing vigilante movement” against Flock cameras for The Guardian. She joined MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about her reporting.