Well, here’s a not-so-fun new twist in the search-and-seizure narrative. Car owners are being deprived of their vehicles just because cops think footage of a crime may have been captured by t…

Well, here’s a not-so-fun new twist in the search-and-seizure narrative. Car owners are being deprived of their vehicles just because cops think footage of a crime may have been captured by the car’s on-board cameras.

Legal explanation from a Canadian lawyer: https://youtu.be/jlQ99DIgy_4

  • Dr. Dabbles@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1414·
    2 months ago

    Yeah, this article title is idiotic. The police need a warrant to take your property if you aren’t suspected in the crime. This is no different to having on-premise security camera recordings. The cops can’t just come in and take your equipment, they need a warrant. If you give up that right, that’s your choice, but it’s more than likely this Canadian has no idea what happened and made up the details.

    • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      44·
      2 months ago

      From the article:

      In Oakland and beyond, police called to crime scenes are increasingly looking for more than shell casings and fingerprints. They’re scanning for Teslas parked nearby, hoping their unique outward-facing cameras captured key evidence. And, the Chronicle has found, they’re even resorting to obtaining warrants to tow the cars to ensure they don’t lose the video.

      And it sound like it’s happened in Oakland at least three times now. I’d love to see the warrants that the judges signed off on to see how the cops described things…

        • Dr. Dabbles@lemmy.worldEnglish
          17·
          2 months ago

          I just realized which community this was. Thanks for making me wonder what was wrong with the people in here enough to look.

          • vxx@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            Nah, the Tesla community here isn’t as musk’ed as you would expect. Mainly because you and me coming from the main page are more people than it has active subscribers.

            Just look at the posts in the community and compare them to reddit or something.

            • Dr. Dabbles@lemmy.worldEnglish
              11·
              2 months ago

              Yet the desperation to be victims is as high as ever. This article isn’t believable at all, the cameras on the cars are useless, they odds of capturing a crime are near zero. But everyone here just believes it out of hand.

              Hilarious stuff.

      • Dr. Dabbles@lemmy.worldEnglish
        26·
        2 months ago

        The part where I talk about the canadian proves otherwise. So you stopped at my first sentence?

    • BobGnarley@lemm.eeEnglish
      71·
      2 months ago

      “The cops aren’t allowed to do that because its IlLeGaL”

      Lol

    • chingadera@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, this article title is idiotic. The police need a warrant to take your property if you aren’t suspected in the crime. This is no different to having on-premise security camera recordings. The cops can’t just come in and take your equipment, they need a warrant.

      IF they care about the charges sticking and aren’t just trying to fuck with you or bankrupt you with the court system because they’re cops and have had no consequences for a very long time.

      • Dr. Dabbles@lemmy.worldEnglish
        23·
        2 months ago

        The canadian aledging the cops were going to impound their vehicle? Why would the cops involve them in any way whatsoever? The alleged perpetrator had nothing to do with the car, so I’m not sure how that does anything to them.