# Claim table — viral Manhattan “Flock camera” map

| Claim | Evidence label | Finding |
|---|---|---|
| The Reel exists and asks why one Manhattan area lacks Flock cameras. | Confirmed social lead. | Public Instagram metadata/caption captured from Holden / `holden_onto_truth`. |
| The map showed the Upper West Side empty of dots in a DeFlock screenshot. | Supported as a viral screenshot/source-card claim. | West Side Rag says the screenshot received major attention and showed the Upper West Side empty on the DeFlock map. |
| “No Flock cameras” on the Upper West Side proves a special exemption. | Misleading / unsupported. | West Side Rag reports there are no Flock Safety cameras in NYC at all; DeFlock tracks ALPRs from multiple makers and is incomplete. |
| The Upper West Side has no ALPR/license-plate-reader cameras. | False according to West Side Rag source trail. | West Side Rag lists several Upper West Side ALPR/red-light camera locations and says the volunteer DeFlock map had not captured them. |
| NYPD uses license plate readers. | Officially confirmed. | NYPD’s 2026 LPR impact-and-use policy confirms fixed/mobile LPR use, captured plate/location/time data, DAS access, five-year retention for NYPD LPR data, and FOIL/public-access language. |
| Flock/ALPR cameras raise real civil-liberties issues. | Supported public-policy concern. | ACLU, EFF and mainstream outlets document concerns about mass surveillance, data sharing, ICE-related searches, abortion-related searches, private-sector expansion and new Flock data-retention/search-logging changes. |
| The gap proves a religious/ethnic conspiracy. | Unsupported and rejected. | No source in this check supports identity-based blame. PBC treats comment-thread bigotry as noise, not evidence. |