Federal appeals court says tire-chalking by parking enforcement officers is unconstitutional

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Quite a leap of logic to imply that a tracking device attached to your car and broadcasting to police is the same as a mark of chalk...

The age-old parking enforcement practice of tire-chalking is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, saying it violated the Fourth Amendment’s bar on unreasonable searches.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, in a first-of-its-kind decision, ruled that marking a car’s tires to gather information is a form of trespass requiring a warrant, similar to police attaching a GPS to a vehicle to track a suspected drug dealer.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
 
Quite a leap of logic to imply that a tracking device attached to your car and broadcasting to police is the same as a mark of chalk...

The age-old parking enforcement practice of tire-chalking is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, saying it violated the Fourth Amendment’s bar on unreasonable searches.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, in a first-of-its-kind decision, ruled that marking a car’s tires to gather information is a form of trespass requiring a warrant, similar to police attaching a GPS to a vehicle to track a suspected drug dealer.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Let's hope that ruling get's overturned.
 

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