Judge Rules Warrantless Flock License-Plate Search Unconstitutional

Federal Judge Sara Hill ruled a Tulsa sheriff's deputy violated the Fourth Amendment, which bars unreasonable searches, by checking a California-plated car in Flock's license-plate database without a warrant. She called it 'indiscriminate mass surveillance,' said the out-of-state plate alone was no justification, and suppressed 91 pounds of methamphetamine later found.