Re:Federal Appeals Court Finds Geofence Warrants Are Categor...
by lesuorac on Monday August 12, 2024 @05:54PM
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> After the Boston Marathon bombing, they searched a 20-block area for the suspect (and found him). Was that legal?
Uh, why wouldn't a cop be allowed to walk/drive/fly-over public roadways in a 20-block area and look from public land in any direction?
Also do note, they knew specifically who they were looking for and had location data from their cellphones [1]. Not a judge, but if I was and somebody wanted a search warrant to find a person at a location and their evidence was the dude's cellphone is there, I'd grant it.
Uh, why wouldn't a cop be allowed to walk/drive/fly-over public roadways in a 20-block area and look from public land in any direction?
Also do note, they knew specifically who they were looking for and had location data from their cellphones [1]. Not a judge, but if I was and somebody wanted a search warrant to find a person at a location and their evidence was the dude's cellphone is there, I'd grant it.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzhokhar_Tsarnaev#Manhunt_and_...