Wheaton kidnapping map
I created a map with the locations of and information about a series of kidnappings targeting older men in Wheaton, Md.
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Archive for November 2011
Supreme Court weighs warrantless GPS surveillance in D.C. case
By Emily Babay
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday about police use of GPS tracking without a warrant, appearing deeply disturbed by unlimited use of the technology but uneasy about whether and how to regulate it.
The justices likened their concerns to George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984” in oral arguments in the case of Antoine Jones, a District nightclub owner was arrested in 2005 on cocaine-distribution charges after police placed a GPS device on his vehicle without a valid warrant and tracked the car for a month.
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