A remarkable outcome for a large group of local Colorado activists last night. In Longmont, a Denver suburb northeast of Boulder, more than 50 people testified last night to city council (and more than 90 people came to the council meeting) about their pending renewal of a contract with Flock, the ALPR company that has been under fire for its surveillance capitalism. DeFlock Longmont, the group that organized the public comment scrum, won a victory when city council voted not to renew the contract at the end of the hours-long meeting.

Public comment was at times serious and other times silly, but unanimous in opposition to the city renewing their contract. Public safety officials, including the chief of Longmont Police, testified after the public comment period that the Flock cameras had been instrumental in stopping a number of dangerous incidents and arresting people who committed violent crimes.

I hope you're following this, @404mediaco because we are not going to stop with just this one city.

Read the story here:

https://yellowscene.com/2025/12/10/longmont-residents-win-fight-against-ai-surveillance/

Watch the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFj3UlteWHE

#COpolitics #Colorado #Longmont #Flock #ALPR #resistance

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A packed room at Longmont city council chambers, where activists were asked by a speaker to silently raise their hands if they opposed the city renewing the contract with Flock. The entire room raised their hands.

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A speaker on the council livestream is shown on a TV on the wall. Behind them a person holds a sign that reads "Get the Flock outta here"

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Andrew Brandt speaking at the council study session on Flock cameras

Afternoon walk around the wetlands. There was some beautiful iridescence in the clouds, wonderful textures in all of the dried vegetation, and pretty blue skies. 🌾🌤️

#WetlandsWednesday #hiking #Colorado

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A wide open view of a wetlands pond (just a skim of ice in spots) interspersed with islands of dried, brown cattails, many bare trees in the middle distance, and snow-covered mountains in the far distance, under partly cloudy blue skies dotted with a few white clouds, on a mild December afternoon.

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A large, tall, bare cottonwood tree in an open area next to a wetlands pond with a deep blue sky in the background partially covered by a few high, thin cirrus clouds. Some of the edges of the cirrus clouds are showing colorful rainbow iridescence as the low angle afternoon sun shines through the clouds.

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A stem of a showy milkweed plant standing next to a walking path, with other trees, bare shrubs, and dried vegetation in the background. The sun is shining from behind the milkweed plant, backlighting some of the dried, brown, and now empty seed pods.

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Looking up stream at a shallow creek meandering through dried vegetation and tall, bare trees on both banks of the creek under partly cloudy skies on a December afternoon, with some of the tree branches and the sky reflected in the creek waters.

Dear Pantone: I got your Colors of the Year right here. 🌅

#sunrise #clouds #Colorado

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A beautiful dawn sky filled with high clouds above the horizon that are reflecting fiery colors of purple, pink, orange, and red just before sunrise, with neighborhood tree branches and pine trees as dark silhouettes against the colorful background sky.

Join us Wednesday in Greely for some honkytonk-n-bowl. #altcountry #americana #colorado

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Jay Stott Band at 2454 West in Greely, CO 12/10 8-10pm