It really isn't clever. It was privately printed and installed without government approval. So the only reason this is being charged as a felony at all is corruption.

Someone destroyed illegally installed private property that is worth maybe a few dollars. That is barely even a crime and certainly not a felony.

Means they can no longer afford the surprisingly cheap price of $800 per camera and have started to use fakes

Felony depends on state.

Most are $1k, so is Florida.

And from this story I've learned that it only costs $800 for a Flock camera.

So in the vast amount of states, if you only break/take the camera, it shouldn't be a felony:

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/felony-theft-amount-by-state

Destroying property is usually about the same limits state by state.

Obviously you want to research specific state/local laws, you know, because knowing is the half the battle.

Exactly, just burn it all down and go extreme if the punishment for anything is going to be equally extreme

The high score, silly

That's what I was thinking. Isn't this a classic case of entrapment? I guess it doesn't matter since it's Florida.

This does not remotely fit the legal definition of entrapment