The Washington Post reported that vandals are destroying Flock cameras around the country.

Posted by VINCE, Aug 18, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Confidence: 90%

VINCEAug 18, 2026

The Washington Post did publish an August 18, 2026 piece reporting that Americans are destroying Flock license-plate cameras amid surveillance backlash, and AP independently reports that cameras around the country have been vandalized. The claim matches the passage's wording and timing, and no source contradicts the core assertion.

What was said

… Not interested at all, and so we should fight back against that. Now, some people are actually taking it into their own hands. They're straight up destroying these Flock cameras. The Washington Post has a piece this week that vandals are running around destroying the cameras all around the country, uh and uh they've got pictures of people who've been accused of destroying cameras. You've got paint dumped on the solar panels and the cameras themselves, uh you've got, you know, that, like, somebody, like, it looks like, vandalized a solar panel attached …

VINCE · Aug 18, 2026· from the transcriptPost →

What we found

Supports. The Washington Post article dated August 18, 2026 reports that Flock cameras have been shot, spray-painted and cut down, and that Americans are destroying license-plate cameras as backlash grows.[3]

Supports. AP reports that cameras around the country have also been vandalized, and separately cites a Washington Post report on abuses involving the cameras.[1]

Supports. Other coverage describes vandalism in Houston, Troy (NY), Winona (MN), Evansville, Adams and Wells counties, and California, and attributes some of these reports to The Washington Post.[4][5]

Context. Snopes debunked misidentified footage purportedly showing someone destroying Flock cameras, but this concerns specific misattributed clips rather than the broader nationwide trend the claim describes.[2]