Repost from r/news: 2,000 cases may be overturned because police used secret Stingray surveillance

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/04/baltimore-cases-overturned-police-secret-stingray-surveillance

Mind=blown.


Comments


[29 Points] GeneralStarkk:

Its amazing they got away with it as long as they did. Its incredibly illegal. For those that don't know what Stingray is, basically its just like a regular cell phone tower, however LE owns it. Every call or text is sent via that "fake" cellphone tower, and LE collects the data. Its blatantly unconstitutional.


[4 Points] captainsoutrageous:

Hmmm... 2,000 criminal cases might get overturned because LE blatantly and maliciously violated the rights of citizens.

Another possibility is that no defendants, except maybe a few rich white guys who got caught doing rich white guy stuff, get their cases overturned, because LE in this country sees civil rights as a nuisance to be circumvented, and prosecutors are only prosecutors until they can run for public office on a platform of bragging about how tough they were on crime. (This is the one that's going to happen.)


[4 Points] GreatSince86:

Serious question: would there be a market for third party stingrays? I basically built one about 5 years back that allowed me to capture my friends texts and stuff. Although the range sucked, I'm pretty sure I can fix that with a little trial and error. I have no idea what I would even charge for such a thing.


[2 Points] GPJdnmTA:

Can't believe these motherfuckers never watched the wire. Need a warrant before that wiretap bacon. Fuck fuzzy Dunlop illegal spying motherfuckers like this.


[1 Points] xzdazedzx:

First off, I'm completely against the use of Stingray. What I want to point out is I'm glad we're seeing this happen. I haven't looked at the seriousness of the charges, but I'm glad they're showing that the use of this has repercussions. It shows accountability.


[1 Points] Newb456:

Free Weebey!


[1 Points] alfabi:

TheEconomist1, you are (was) from Baltimore task foce. Any comment?


[1 Points] TheHeyTeam:

Are the police in Baltimore exclusively Republican? I have a hard time understanding why the party of tolerance & equality would commit hate crimes against poor, minority Democrat voters.


[-4 Points] None:

Not sure the poster will see this, but someone posted in here and is shadow banned. At the time of posting this comment, the thread says six comments, but only five show up.


[-8 Points] SpeakeasyAotearoa:

maybe they shouldnt of broken the laws. i hear they are there for a reason, and if you havent done anything wrong you have nothing to worry about.