A jury in San Antonio federal court on Monday found Bexar County liable for running an unconstitutional traffic stop operation that harnessed mass surveillance to target drivers with a pipeline of pretext traffic stops and unconstitutional searches. According to documents shared by the civil rights attorneys representing the plaintiff, records show that the Bexar County […]
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Federal jury finds Bexar County Sheriff’s Flock surveillance-powered traffic stops unconstitutional
License-plate-reading cameras flagged a vehicle as suspicious. A jury ruled the county broke the law when a deputy invented a pretext for the stop, interrogated the driver, and searched his truck.