A backlash is gathering steam against the Flock surveillance cameras used by police departments across the country. The Flock mechanism has reportedly been used to “stalk women, hunt down marijuana users, deport immigrants and surveil households,” said Bloomberg. The Flock backlash “doesn’t mean these cameras are disappearing any time soon.” The question raised: “Why are we just watching America become a surveillance state?” ‘Surveillance-saturated society’Efforts to ban Flock systems are an “overreaction,” Charles Fain Lehman said at The Atlantic .