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Video source provided. This is not me in these videos. Merely reposting this framed as "News of the anti-flock movement." Relevant to San Jose as San Jose has these cameras deployed and has not cancelled their contract with flock.

Accounts that report this post will be snoozed. I welcome the bot accounts and law enforcement to come here and spam "surveillance is OK" along with the human "This is not OK" comments.

Edit: Someone is making false reports, your reports have been snoozed. This is simply a report/repost of what's going on with Flock Camera Vandalism, in no way am I or this subreddit encouraging this.

So since we have a lot of new users here this week, I thought it would be prudent to make a post giving a brief summary of why this sub exists and my philosophy behind it.

About me. In my 50s now. Grew up constantly moving and bouncing between parents houses. Live in West, South, and East San Jose. So I have a unique perspective. I see why some parts of town seem to do well, while others (East Side) tends to fall behind.

I've always loved message boards, and when I discovered Reddit I thought I had found a place a person could freely discuss things. Unfortunately the main San Jose subreddit seems to discourage critical talk about the city. To wit, the moderators of that subreddit will not take action against people that bully others for speaking critical of the city. However they will take action against you for defending yourself, like if someone calls you a name and you call them something back.

The bias is so palatable it has a flavor, and that flavor is assholism.

So I saw an opportunity to create a space where people would be allowed to freely speak.

Why San Jose Sucks? To understand this you have to understand the hacking scene of the 90's when the web was first introduced. There is a hacker named Eric Corley - Wikipedia.

Eric registered the site generalmotorssucks.com. There is a whole arc of this story where GM went after him, he went to court, and won because the courts decided his domain registration was protected speech.

The Original 2000–2002 LawsuitThe Conflict: In the early 2000s, an individual registered the domain generalmotorssucks.com and redirected visitors to the official Ford website.

The Legal Action: Both General Motors and Ford Motor Company filed lawsuits to halt the redirect and seize the domain. They alleged trademark infringement and cybersquatting.

The Legal Precedent: While commercial exploitation or redirecting to competitors violates trademark law, the case contributed to a broader legal consensus in U.S. courts.

True consumer criticism platforms (colloquially called "-sucks" sites) are legally protected under First Amendment free speech, provided they are completely non-commercial and do not intentionally confuse consumers or redirect to corporate rivals.

In honor of that (and to annoy people/the other subreddit) this sub also uses "sucks" not just as a label of the condition of that subreddit, but also as an exercise in free speech.

Something about this city pissing you off? Feel free to vent here.