Police are using AI to generate reports on "suspicious" driving patterns, using data from license-plate cameras, then pulling over motorists based on that pretext.

The ACLU's Jay Stanley reports the example of Grace Knowles, a woman in her 20s, whose September 2005 road trip to Florida was deemed suspicious by the Flock-based system. — Read the rest

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After Florida cop Brian Louis Sguros performed a welfare check at Dennis West's home and found his dead body, he did what any reasonable law enforcement officer would do under the circumstances: he moved in, assumed West's identity, and renovated the Lauderhill dwelling. — Read the rest

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