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Wisconsin Cops Used Flock Over 100 Times To Track a Navy Veteran After He Lawfully Recorded a Traffic Stop
Reason ^ | 9.2.2026 11:15 AM | Autumn Billings

Posted on 09/03/2026 7:02:27 AM PDT by Skwor

A federal lawsuit claims the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office used the Flock cameras without a legitimate government purpose and in retaliation against the vet for exercising his First Amendment right. {...} Jones was subsequently arrested "for resisting and obstructing," according to a federal lawsuit he filed against the arresting officers and police department. But after being held in custody for five hours, he was released with no citations or criminal charges. An internal post-arrest memorandum reviewed by Reason revealed that Shayhorn's supervisor informed him shortly after the arrest that he'd, in fact, illegally stopped Jones, and he therefore could not compel Jones to produce his identification.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: 1984truth; donutwatch; flock

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To: Gunslingr3

Gunslingr3 wrote: “Answer the question: “Have the courts repeatedly ruled that you have a reasonable expectation of privacy to not be TRACKED in public view by the government without a warrant?”

They have not ruled that the existence of automatic license plate readers constitutes an unreasonable search.


81 posted on 09/04/2026 3:55:05 PM PDT by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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