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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

On last night's NBC Nightly News, @ij.org's Michael Soyfer discussed the increase in high-risk traffic stops caused by ALPR mistakes with @nbcnews.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEc9...

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NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Sept. 20

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Flock has been touting a working paper that purports to show a decrease in car thefts and an increase in clearance rates in cities with Flock cameras. But a new analysis of that paper from @ij.org casts doubts on these claims: ij.org/do-flock-cam...

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Do Flock cameras actually reduce crime? The jury is still out. - Institute for Justice

A recent study on how Flock cameras influence crime rates has limitations that prevent firm conclusions from being drawn.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The town of Roxbury, Connecticut has doubled down on its argument that @ij.org clients Charles and Eli Copley are not permitted to allow people to hike on their trails. Last night, we filed an appeal with the zoning board, officially starting the legal process. ij.org/press-releas...

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Connecticut Couple Files Appeal with Zoning Board After Town Doubles Down in Hiking Dispute - Institute for Justice

ROXBURY, Conn.—Yesterday, Roxbury couple Charles and Eli Copley filed an appeal with the town’s zoning board of appeals after Roxbury officials recently doubled down on […]

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Anthony Sanders @ijsanders.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Compensating innocent people when the police damage their home will not bankrupt cities. In fact, many cities do it already! Details in this new report.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

NEW: nationwide study from @ij.org looks at claims for compensation from property owners whose property was damaged by police. Key findings: - Most are innocent bystanders - Damage causes genuine hardships - Compensating would not hurt government budgets ij.org/press-releas...

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New Study Lands as Supreme Court Weighs Whether Cities Must Pay for Property Destroyed by Police - Institute for Justice

ARLINGTON, Va.—A new report, “Public Benefit, Private Burden,” released today by the Institute for Justice (IJ), sheds light on an important question that the United […]

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

@ij.org's Michael Soyfer and @404media.co's @josephcox.bsky.social were on @npr.org this morning discussing the backlash against Flock and other ALPRs. Check it out: the1a.org/segments/wha...

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What fleets of Flock cameras mean for American privacy

What does widespread deployment of license plate readers on U.S. roads means for our privacy?

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The town of Roxbury, Connecticut is threatening to use its zoning code to stop Charles and Eli Copley from having people hike on their rural, 50-acre land. Today, they teamed up with @ij.org to fight back. @reason.com's @joelancaster.com has the exclusive 👇 reason.com/2026/08/27/a...

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A Connecticut couple is fighting for the right to let people hike on their land

Charles and Elizabeth Copley have big plans for their 50-acre property, but the town insists they need a business license to let people to hike or walk their dogs.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Today, @ij.org released a database tracking ALPR contract cancelations across the country. Since the start of 2025, we've found 92 cancelations. This does not count temporary pauses or simply switching ALPR providers. We'll be updating the list daily. ij.org/institute-fo...

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Institute for Justice Unveils New Database Tracking Cancelations of License Plate Reader Contracts - Institute for Justice

ARLINGTON, Va.—As backlash grows against the warrantless use of automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras throughout the country, local governments are increasingly deciding to end […]

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This headline, by the way, is a turducken of the ways our law enforcement has been corrupted.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🚨@ij.org official statement on Flock's "reforms."🚨 "This is yet more window dressing ... the police cannot police themselves; that’s why IJ is fighting in federal court so that courts and judges are put back in the driver’s seat." ij.org/press-releas...

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Institute for Justice Calls Flock Safety's Proposed Reforms 'Window Dressing' - Institute for Justice

ARLINGTON, Va.—Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) released a statement responding to suggested “reforms” announced by automated license plate reader (ALPR) provider Flock Safety. “This […]

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Today, @ij.org published a new database tracking abuse of ALPR cameras by police across the country. The database, which will be routinely updated, currently has 140 examples of cops misusing ALPRs. ij.org/the-ij-datab...

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The IJ Database of ALPR Abuse - Institute for Justice

The Institute for Justice has cataloged more than 100 incidents of ALPR abuse, including romantic stalking, wrongful stops and detentions, non-law enforcement use, and other types of misconduct.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Seems like if you're going to use a tool to pull people over for stolen vehicles, thus leading to potentially dangerous encounters for both the driver and the cop, the tool should get it right at a percentage that isn't a D+ in high school.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"I think courts and people generally are starting to appreciate what a profound invasion of privacy these tools, including license plate readers, enable," @ij.org Attorney Michael Soyfer tells @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/news/c...

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Flock cameras are so controversial people are sabotaging them. Why?

License plate readers have been attacked nationwide, and a growing number of cities have abandoned their use of the controversial police technology.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Yesterday, the Eastern District of North Carolina denied qualified immunity for agents who wrongly raided the home of @ij.org clients Avery Marshall and Alisa Carr. Now, our 4th Amendment, 5th Amendment and NC Constitution claims can move forward! 🎉 ij.org/press-releas...

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Court Rules North Carolina Family's Lawsuit Can Move Forward After SWAT Team Raided, Damaged Wrong Home - Institute for Justice

WILMINGTON, N.C.—On Thursday, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina denied qualified immunity for officers who raided an innocent family’s Pender County home in [...

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Yesterday, the Oklahoma County District Court denied the state's motion to dismiss @ij.org's lawsuit challenging its insane licensing requirements for casket sales! We'll now make the case on the merits that these restrictions are unconstitutional. ij.org/press-releas...

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Oklahoma Small Business Gets Early Win in Lawsuit Challenging Restrictions on Selling Caskets - Institute for Justice

OKLAHOMA CITY—On Thursday, the District Court of Oklahoma County denied the state of Oklahoma’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its restrictions on selling caskets. The lawsuit was brought in ...

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Last October, Leo Feler hired contractors to work on his Chicago home. When he was gone on a work trip, CBP agents stormed his property without a warrant and chased the workers. They caused $30K in damage to the property. Today, Leo teamed up with @ij.org to sue CBP over the warrantless raid.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“The instances of abuse that we’ve uncovered are really just the tip of the iceberg.” @ij.org Attorney Michael Soyfer tells @cnn.com's @elevenson.bsky.social about the growing number of instances of police abusing automated license plate readers. www.cnn.com/2026/07/26/u...

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Inside the growing police use and misuse of Flock’s license-plate reader cameras | CNN

The arrests of two Milwaukee Police officers have put the spotlight on the surveillance technology that can be misused and abused.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Another huge win for @ij.org! The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected the open fields doctrine as a matter of state constitutional law. Game wardens will now need a warrant to enter private land. www.goerie.com/story/sports...

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Court rules game wardens need warrants for private land

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that game wardens must obtain a warrant before entering private property.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

In just 2 months, LAPD pulled over 161 innocent people whose cars were flagged as stolen by license plate reader cameras. But don't worry, this mass surveillance is super normal and fine. www.404media.co/lapd-regular...

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LAPD Regularly Pulled Over Innocent People Because License Plate Readers Flagged Their Cars As Stolen

The Los Angeles Police Department let its Flock contract expire over the weekend in part because it was regularly "investigating" and surveilling innocent people.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"Michael Soyfer, an attorney with @ij.org , a nonprofit that has sued several cities over their use of Flock cameras, called the ruling 'major'." More on how the #SCOTUS decision in Chatrie could impact other forms of mass surveillance from @cleveland.com www.cleveland.com/court-justic...

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New SCOTUS decision could be used against Flock, attorneys say. Here’s how.

A Supreme Court ruling on geofence warrants may influence legal challenges to Flock license plate readers over privacy concerns, attorneys say.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

“No one should have to prove their innocence on the side of the road because a camera couldn’t tell a zero from an O.” New @ij.org research shows that dozens of innocent drivers have been held at gunpoint or incarcerated due to errors by ALPR cameras. ij.org/dozens-of-in...

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Dozens of Innocent Motorists Have Been Pulled Over, Detained at Gunpoint, or Jailed Due to AI License Plate Camera Errors - Institute for Justice

As the number of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) has skyrocketed nationwide, erroneous stops, detainments and arrests are becoming increasingly common.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

"An individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in records about his cell phone’s location, and police intrude on that constitutionally protected interest when they demand the information." A big Fourth Amendment decision from #SCOTUS in Chatrie v. U.S. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🎉We're headed back to the Supreme Court🎉 #SCOTUS has granted cert in @ij.org's case on behalf of North Dakota ranchers who are seeking fair compensation after a pipeline company took their land through eminent domain. ij.org/press-releas...

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Ranchers’ Fight for a Fair Price from Pipeline Company that Took Their Land Heads to the US Supreme Court - Institute for Justice

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case from a group of North Dakota ranchers who fought for years to obtain a fair […]

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to hear @ij.org's lawsuit challenging Pottstown's rental inspection ordinance. The court can make it clear: If the government wants to search your home they need a warrant based on individualized suspicion. ij.org/press-releas...

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Lawsuit Over Pottstown’s Rental Inspection Ordinance - Institute for Justice

HARRISBURG, Pa.—On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to review a nearly decade-old lawsuit, brought by Pottstown residents and their attorneys from the Institute for Justice (IJ), challen...

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Sandersville Railroad Company is still trying to use the state's eminent domain power to take property from @ij.org's clients to build a rail line that the public can't use. Yesterday, we asked the Georgia Supreme Court to hear this case. ij.org/press-releas...

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Property Owners Ask Georgia Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging Private Railroad's Land Grab - Institute for Justice

ATLANTA—On Monday, a group of property owners in rural Sparta, Georgia filed a petition asking the Georgia Supreme Court to hear their case challenging a private […]

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

It turns out when you give government agents access to incredibly powerful surveillance tools and put no real safeguards in place, bad things happen. www.404media.co/cops-keep-ge...

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Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People

There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

For years, the Feds have been saying that the point of REAL ID is that it definitively proves who a person is. But now, after our client Leo Garcia Venegas was detained three times, a DHS official has testified that ICE agents can't trust REAL ID. reason.com/2026/06/08/i...

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In lawsuit over construction raids, DHS official testifies ICE agents can't trust REAL IDs

A Homeland Security official's testimony that ICE agents couldn't rely on REAL IDs as proof of citizenship led a federal judge to reply, "Help me understand how that makes sense."

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

“What Americans are starting to realize is there’s been an entire surveillance industry erected around them,” @ij.org's Rob Frommer on the proliferation of Flock cameras, and how Americans are fighting back. www.govtech.com/spotlight/wh...

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Why Flock Safety Finds Itself in a Surveillance Backlash

Flock Safety and its automated license plate reader tools have many supporters. But a growing backlash against the company around privacy and data sharing could impact its future in American cities.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Laura Schaefer, a botany instructor, transformed a set of vacant lots in Millstadt, Illinois into a flourishing garden of native plants and vegetables. But the city has cited her for having "high grass and weeds." Today, @ij.org told the city to back off. ij.org/press-releas...

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Illinois Village Orders Woman to Destroy Garden, a Violation of the State’s Right-to-Garden Law - Institute for Justice

ARLINGTON, Va.—Laura Schaefer knows the difference between a weed and a desirable plant. A botany instructor with decades of experience, Laura has spent more than five years […]

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Many cities are canceling their ALPR contracts. But how do they ensure the cameras are offline after canceling their contract but before the company takes the cameras down? By covering them with trash bags. More from @cnet.com 👇 www.cnet.com/news/privacy...

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Some Flock Surveillance Cameras Are Getting the Trash-Bag Treatment

Facing public backlash over surveillance cameras, cities are turning to a low-tech fix to stop Flock from watching.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Cameras originally meant for ticketing cars that passed school busses with their stop signs out, now photograph every vehicle a bus drives by. “Who would have thought that school buses would be turned into the mass surveillance state?” @ij.org 's Michael Soyfer. www.404media.co/buspatrol-pu...

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‘BusPatrol’ Put AI Cameras in Tens of Thousands of School Buses. Now They Want to Give Cops Access

BusPatrol plans to scan the license plates of all vehicles the buses drive past, and then let law enforcement search that data. The plan would essentially turn school buses into roaming surveillance v...

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🎊HUGE WIN🎊 The 5th Circuit just upheld a lower court ruling that @ij.org client Vicki Baker is entitled to $60,000 plus interest under the Texas Constitution after a SWAT team destroyed her home in 2020.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Today, @ij.org filed a lawsuit on behalf of PA real estate broker Kevin Gaughen, challenging a law that requires brokers in the Keystone State to have a brick-and-mortar office. It costs him $35,000 per year to maintain an office neither he nor his clients use. ij.org/press-releas...

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Pennsylvania Real Estate Broker Files Lawsuit Challenging Pennsylvania Law Requiring Brokers to Have Brick-and-Mortar Offices - Institute for Justice

HARRISBURG, Pa.—Today, a Lemoyne real estate broker filed a lawsuit challenging a law that requires all Pennsylvania real estate brokers to have a physical office in […]

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Sunday marks 4 years since the city of Pasadena, Texas agreed to let @ij.org client Oz Sepulveda open his auto shop w/o adding 23 parking spots he can't afford & doesn't need. Since then the city has been using delay tactics to keep him closed. But that may FINALLY be changing.🧵

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The Nebraska Board of Barber Examiners has threatened a speakeasy in Omaha with criminal punishment for calling itself "The Barbershop." The bar has temporarily changed its name to "The Censored Shop" and @ij.org has joined the bar's 1st Amendment lawsuit. ij.org/press-releas...

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Omaha Speakeasy Forced to Change Its Name to “Censored Shop” After Nebraska Barber Board Claims Ownership of the Word “Barber” - Institute for Justice

OMAHA, Neb. — Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ)—a national nonprofit public interest law firm—announced it is joining the legal fight to defend the First Amendment […]

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Institute for Justice @ij.org · 30/04/2026

Eminent Domain for a PRIVATE Rail Line? Learn more about IJ's fight against eminent domain abuse in Sparta, Georgia: ij.org/case/sparta-georgia-eminent-… @kinger-dc.bsky.social

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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Got to watch Marimar Martinez, George Retes, Ryan Ecklund, and Pastor Black testify before the House Committee on Homeland Security today. The whole room was in stunned silence while Marimar got up and showed the bullet holes a CBP agent bragged about putting in her.

George Retes, Benny Johnson, Marimar Martinez, and Ryan Ecklund posing for a picture after the hearing

George Retes, Benny Johnson, Marimar Martinez, and Ryan Ecklund talking after the hearing

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Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

“The militarization of law enforcement has been dramatized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents operating with too little training and too much testosterone,” George F. Will writes.

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Opinion | The Constitution doesn’t make an exception for misusing police powers

Innocent people harmed in law enforcement raids deserve restitution.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

" @ij.org hopes that the Supreme Court’s textualists will eventually acknowledge the absence of a police-power exception in the takings clause’s text. " - George Will on our work seeking compensation for innocent people whose property is destroyed by SWAT. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Opinion | The Constitution doesn’t make an exception for misusing police powers

Innocent people harmed in law enforcement raids deserve restitution.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Lawmakers in NY are considering some important restrictions on police use of ALPR cameras. The bill would cut the data retention period to 48 hours and would require a warrant in many cases. @ij.org sees this as a huge step in the right direction @gothamist.com gothamist.com/news/albany-...

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Albany mulls new limits on data from digital license plate readers

The proposed restrictions come amid rising concern about immigration enforcement and medical privacy.

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The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 15/04/2026

The lawsuit filed by the Virginia-based Institute for Justice seeks class-action status, claims cameras and police database searches are unconstitutional and unwarranted surveillance.

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Residents sue San Jose in federal court over automated license-plate reader cameras

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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

New: San Jose and SJPD sued over use of nearly 500 Flock Safety cameras. Class action alleges their prevalence and the accessibility of residents' location data violates the Fourth Amendment.

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Drivers sue San Jose over nearly 500 Flock police cameras that track drivers in California

A class action lawsuit filed against San Jose and its police department Wednesday aims to require police to get warrants to track drivers.

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Dan King🇺🇦 @kinger-dc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

NEW CASE Today, 3 San Jose residents teamed up with @ij.org to file a class action lawsuit against the city over its warrantless use of nearly 500 license plate reader cameras. @nbcnews.com's @kevincollier.bsky.social has the exclusive: www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

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Drivers sue San Jose over nearly 500 Flock police cameras that track drivers in California

A class action lawsuit filed against San Jose and its police department Wednesday aims to require police to get warrants to track drivers.

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