Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was Unconstitutional

pavel_lishin 40 points 6 comments October 02, 2026
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ungreased0675

This case smells like parallel construction. Oklahoma highway cops are pretty aggressive, but an out-of-state license plate hunch correctly leading to a big drug bust seems implausible to me. They already knew drugs were in the car.

smalltorch

I've seen a hundreds of videos of cops catching drug smugglers and I fail to see why flock is needed to catch them. There are tell tales and cops are good at seeing them. Mass surveillance really isn't needed for that police work.

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