Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Cops Use License Plate Readers to Intimidate Critics

Police in Lenexa, Kansas used automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology to pursue a man who wrote a critical op-ed about the police department, according to reporting by Kansas public radio station KCUR.

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Writing op-eds is not a crime. Someone should tell police in Lenexa, Kansas, and suggest they read the First Amendment. Officers there criminally investigated a local man, including tracking his car, after he wrote an op-ed critical of the department.

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-- Freedom of the Press Foundation (@freedom.press) Feb 5, 2026 at 9:15 AM

Comments

ACAB

#1 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2026-02-23 04:20 PM

Republican Party = Police State.

Police State = Republican Party.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-23 04:30 PM

SCMODS

#3 | Posted by pumpkinhead at 2026-02-23 06:56 PM

#3 ... yet on a mission for God.

#4 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-02-23 07:09 PM

On why identification gadgets should need to have a court warrant to target someone.
Watch some of the NCIS, FBI, CIA nighttime shows and one sees that unleashed, those investigative tools can follow us around night and day, identify us, and link us with whomever we choose to speak to.

#5 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-02-25 06:48 AM

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