BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A Thursday night Sullivan County Commission work session that was called to discuss the use of Flock cameras in Sullivan County turned heated after a county commissioner called for the public hanging of Flock Safety’s CEO, Garrett Langley.

What started as a civil discussion turned heated following those comments made by Commissioner Joe Carr.

“I believe that Flock right now is one of the most hated companies in America,” Carr stated during the meeting. “They are one of the most corrupt companies in America. And, quite frankly, sir, I don’t think we can make America great again without hanging your CEO publicly for treason.”

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Your ticket to the cool zone is nonrefundable and nonrevokable, enjoy the ride!

I am kind of stunned that he said the above bolded quote, in person, to the face of a Flock representative.

Cowabunga it is then.

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    Make the gallows large enough for other CEOs, too.

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    I remember first hearing about the rumblings of privacy issues with Flock - but could someone summarize or point to a good summary as to the why?

    There are a metric shit-ton of companies spying on and tracking everyone and reselling that data, etc. Why is Flock in the crosshairs right now?

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      You know the database and AI ‘enhanced’, Minority Report style surveillance systems Palantir lets Israel use, to pinpoint track and murder Palestinians?

      Flock is that, for the rest of us.

      Gaza was the beta test.

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    Of course only a Republican, who BROUGHT FLOCK TO POWER, would be so crass and hypocritical.

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    I live around Blountville. This doesn’t surprise me a bit. When they first put up a speed camera on the highway someone shot it. They fixed the camera and it was shot again.

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    Based. Those who give up freedom in exchange for security deserve neither.

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    You should probably repost this on an instance where I can publicly agree with the sentiment.

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      Tennessee is a stunning state. The politicians in it though…

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      Ah ok, because my other comment was moderated, it was saying that a hanging can be done properly such that it instantly snaps the neck, severs the spinal cord.

      … and then my original comment also suggested that it would be a gosh darned shame if the hanging was not done properly.

      Lets see if this comment remains unmoderated, and we can thus determine that .world only allows for descriptions of execution methods that are instant and non sarcastic.

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      Yep.

      As best I can tell, .world policy is that you’re only allowed to advocate for death if someone writes a news article about it, and then you post that article.