You’re supposed to admit to your actions openly for civil disobedience. It gives you standing to challenge and opportunity to drag things to light. Even now, everyone being tried for this creates headlines that unattributed destruction does not

At higher levels, it can also clog the justice system and make it expensive to continue targeted policies

Without all that, it’s just property destruction. Flock could probably have examples made of people caught (seeing as somehow they seem able to sidestep the law), but that frames the issue in a better way for flock

Taking the justice system head on is just a much more effective method of forcing change… Granted at a personal cost, although getting caught by the big brother machines themselves seems likely

Or it could be for political advantage…I mean, the cameras are wildly unpopular and badasses who cut (or shoot) through red tape are very much currently in style