ACLU criticizes surveillance planes flown over Baltimore following riots

ACLU criticizes surveillance planes flown over Baltimore following riots
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Two surveillance planes were flown over Baltimore last weekend, and the ACLU isn't happy about it.

The Washington Post reports that the planes used infrared technology to track movement, and they were aided by the FBI, according to anonymous officials. Now, the ACLU is demanding information about the flights' legal authority, since the technology often adds "the movements of people under no suspicion of criminal activity into a government dragnet," according to the Post.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.