From The Law Dog Files: It is better that ten guilty persons escape - by Ian: Than that one innocent suffer.
The title to this article is Blackstone’s Ratio, quoted from his seminal work: “Commentaries on the Laws of England”.
John Adams, Founding Father and second President of the United States, expounded further on Blackstone’s Ratio.
Flock cameras treat everyone as guilty. The surveillence state, once established, will find more ways to "punish the guilty," and more things for you to be guilty of.
A deputy sheriff in Bugscuffle County, Texas is able to look for a license plate registered to Los Angeles, California; or New York City, New York; or Toadstomp, Montana — with no Constitutional protections for the owners of that plate whatsoever.
There are — as one might imagine — multiple issues here, not the least of which is that there are no active audits being run. Since a search warrant is not required, LEOs are getting caught running searches for license plates using “Test”, “Training”, and the always popular generic “Investigation” — if they even input a reason. Several officers didn’t either bother entering a reason for the search.
Is anyone shocked that cops are using Flock to stalk people, their ex-partners, their girlfriends/wives, people that they are interested in romantically.
Click thru for the "If you've got nothing to hide..." argument, and how it falls apart.
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