Privacy advocate held at gunpoint after license plate reader mistake, lawsuit alleges

guest · Feb 22, 2019

Privacy advocate held at gunpoint after license plate reader mistake, lawsuit alleges
The rental car was allegedly reported as stolen
February 21, 2019
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/21/18234785/privacy-advocate-lawsuit-california-license-plate-reader

Bay Area police pulled over a California privacy advocate and held him at gunpoint after a license plate reader error, a lawsuit alleges.

The suit alleges the officers then searched the car without consent, and after checking the brothers’ IDs, told them an automatic license plate reader had detected that the car they were in was stolen.
The complaint, filed against multiple officers, alleges that the incident was a violation of Hofer’s Fourth Amendment rights.

The Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But in an interview with KTVU, Hofer acknowledged the irony of law enforcement pulling over a privacy advocate after an error. “They picked the wrong guy,” he told the station.
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mirimir · Feb 22, 2019

Hey, could be worth $500K

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