Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Open Fields

 Months prior, in 2018, the Tennessee landowner removed a game camera secretly strapped to a tree on his private land by wildlife officials in order to monitor his activity without apparent sanction or probable cause. Repeat: Hollingsworth’s residence was searched by U.S. government and state officials, dressed to the nines in assault gear, seeking to regain possession of a trail camera—the precise camera they had surreptitiously placed on his private acreage after sneaking onto his property at night, loading the camera with active SD and SIM cards, and zip-tying the device roughly 10’ high up a tree—all without a warrant. [More]

Securing the Blessings of Liberty again, I see...

[Via MM]


1 comment:

Mike said...

I believe this falls under the open field doctrine. The 4th amendment was good while it lasted.