Charlamagne Tha God had a fierce reaction to the Flock Safety stalking controversy, saying he would “shoot” a man who targeted his daughter as he discussed reports of police officers abusing license-plate surveillance technology.
Charlamagne Tha God made his position clear while reacting to disturbing allegations involving Flock Safety cameras being used to track women without their consent. During a discussion of the controversy, the Breakfast Club co-host said he would “shoot” a man who stalked his daughter, delivering the remark as a hypothetical warning about how he would respond as a protective father.
The reaction came as scrutiny of Flock intensified following a sweeping Washington Post investigation into police misuse of automated license-plate readers. The Post found that at least 50 law-enforcement officers had been charged with or accused of improperly using license-plate-reader systems, with Flock technology involved in 46 of the cases reviewed.
One case that drew particular attention involved Marci Bakely and her teenage daughter. Bakely’s former boyfriend, then-Braselton Police Chief Michael Steffman, allegedly used the system to search license plates connected to the mother and daughter roughly 600 times. Steffman was arrested in November 2025 on stalking, harassment and license-plate-reader misuse charges before he was found dead in April 2026 in what authorities described as a suicide.
For Charlamagne, the details hit close to home because he is a father of daughters. His “shoot” comment was not tied to an actual confrontation or threat against a specific person. Instead, it came as he reacted to the idea of a man secretly monitoring his child’s movements through technology intended for law-enforcement investigations.
The controversy has put new pressure on Flock, whose cameras photograph passing license plates and allow participating agencies to search vehicle movements across a massive network. The company has since announced additional safeguards aimed at detecting unusual searches and limiting misuse after reports showed officers allegedly using the system for personal surveillance.
The larger concern is how easily a powerful crime-fighting tool can become a stalking tool when access is abused. The Post reported cases involving officers allegedly tracking wives, girlfriends, ex-partners and other women, raising questions about whether departments and technology companies had strong enough safeguards in place from the start.
Charlamagne’s blunt response brought a personal angle to that debate. Rather than focusing on the technical details behind license-plate readers, he framed the issue around the fear a parent could feel knowing someone with privileged access to surveillance data was secretly following their daughter.
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