Completed Surveillance Plane Waits Constitutionality Verdict
The ACLU challenged Baltimore’s use of an aerial crime surveillance plane, claiming the surveillance program infringes on privacy rights. Supporters merely say the technology is controversial, not unconstitutional.
Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun
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March 9, 2021
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(TNS) — Aerial surveillance may be finished in Baltimore, but opponents asked a federal appellate court on Monday to find that it is unconstitutional and help guide what happens to data collected during its months in flight last year.
The two-plus-hour hearing, which took place in front of the entire 15-judge panel of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, was split between judges asking whether they should weigh in in the first place, and others questioning the merits of the technology.