{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-05T06:39:37.724Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"jury-verdict","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":1,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":0,"contextualRelations":1,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2022-bexar-county-texas-plate-reader-flag-pretext-traffic-stop-76-minute-detention-jury-verdict","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'said he was pulled over in March 2022 on Interstate 35 while driving home from a work trip and was detained for more than an hour'; 'detained on the roadside for 76 minutes'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'pulled him over, held him for 76 minutes, and searched his car, all without probable cause'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"In March 2022 a Bexar County deputy stopped the driver on Interstate 35 as he drove home from a work trip, and he was detained at the roadside for 76 minutes.","causal_attribution":"The driver's account and the stations' description of the verdict. Both outlets rely on the driver and his lawyers for the details, so the claim is kept as reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'you were drifting over that fog line'; 'from that angle the alleged drift is not obvious'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'appearing to show him staying in his lane as he approaches and passes the deputy'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The deputy said the stop was for drifting over the fog line, and video from the driver's dash camera does not clearly show a drift.","causal_attribution":"Each station's description of video supplied by the driver's side."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'refused to consent to a search, and a K-9 was brought in and alerted'; 'After about 25 minutes of searching, nothing was found'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The driver refused consent to a search; a police dog was brought in and alerted, and a search of about 25 minutes found nothing.","causal_attribution":"The station's account of the stop."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'with the use of license plate reading cameras'; 'quick trip to the border and back was flagged as suspicious'; 'law enforcement coordinated the traffic stop through a group chat'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'was flagged by Flock cameras for the type of business trip he frequently makes for work'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'AI-powered license plate readers flagged an abnormal driving pattern'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'An AI-powered camera flagged'; 'An anonymous law enforcement agent decided his completely ordinary trip looked suspicious'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The driver's lawyers say that, with the use of licence-plate-reading cameras, his quick trip to the border and back was flagged as suspicious and that law enforcement then coordinated the stop through a group chat. One lawyer is quoted as saying an AI-powered camera flagged the plate and an anonymous law enforcement agent decided the trip looked suspicious.","causal_attribution":"The account of the driver's lawyers, repeated by three outlets. That the cameras' flag led to the stop is their allegation; the county's account is not given."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A federal jury agreed and awarded Schott $76 for the 76 minutes he was detained'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'On Monday, a jury found Bexar County violated'; 'He was awarded $76 in damages, a dollar for every minute he was held by law enforcement'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A jury found that Bexar County violated the driver's Fourth Amendment rights and awarded $76, one dollar for each minute of the detention.","causal_attribution":"Two stations report the verdict. The verdict form was not read, so the claim is kept as reported; what the jury decided about the cameras is not stated."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'said it would not comment on active lawsuits'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'they plan to file post-trial motions and explore whether they will file an appeal'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Bexar County Sheriff's Office declined to comment on active lawsuits, and the county's lawyer said the county plans post-trial motions and will consider an appeal.","causal_attribution":"Responses as reported by each station."}],"effects":[{"label":"stopped, held at the roadside for 76 minutes, questioned and searched with nothing found","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"work trip reportedly flagged as suspicious with the use of licence-plate-reading cameras (account of the driver's lawyers)","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/federal-jury-rules-bexar-county-violated-drivers-rights-in-license-plate-reader-stop","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English in full. Own interviews with the driver and his lawyers; the sheriff's office declined comment.","independence_group":"news4sa-woai"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://abc13.com/post/houston-mans-rights-violated-2022-bexar-county-traffic-stop-jury-rules/19893662/","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English in full. Own interviews with the driver, one of his lawyers and the county's lawyer.","independence_group":"abc13-ktrk"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.sacurrent.com/news/san-antonio-news/federal-jury-finds-bexar-county-sheriffs-flock-surveillance-powered-traffic-stops-unconstitutional/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English in full. Draws on documents and statements from the driver's lawyers and cites AP.","independence_group":"institute-for-justice-materials"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://reason.com/2026/09/30/cops-used-ai-surveillance-to-detain-an-innocent-texas-driver-his-lawsuit-just-got-the-program-struck-down/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English: the article body as far as the saved text extends. Draws on the complaint filed by the driver's lawyers.","independence_group":"institute-for-justice-materials"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["justice"],"unknowns":["What the plate-reader system output about the truck and who operated it. How the tip reached the deputy is known only from the plaintiff's side (a WhatsApp group and a fusion-center contact, per the Current); the county's account was not read.","What the jury found about the cameras as distinct from the stop, detention and search.","Whether the verdict will stand after post-trial motions or an appeal, and whether an injunction is granted."],"geography":{"basis":"The stop was on Interstate 35 in Bexar County, Texas; the driver is described as a Houston man; the trial was in federal court in San Antonio.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete case of a named plaintiff stopped, detained and searched after his travel was reportedly flagged as suspicious with the use of a plate-reader system, with a jury verdict against the county reported by two stations. The cameras' role rests on the plaintiff's lawyers and is recorded as reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The driver's lawyers say licence-plate-reading cameras flagged his trip as suspicious before the stop (ABC13). The San Antonio Current names Flock cameras and Reason describes AI-powered licence plate readers, both drawing on the lawyers' materials and the lawsuit. The relation recorded is the cameras' reported flag of the driver's plate. By the lawyers' own account a law enforcement agent then judged the trip suspicious, and the Current reports that the tip reached the sheriff's department through a WhatsApp group. The county's account of the system is not in the reports read, and the jury's reasoning about the cameras was not read.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about"]},"name":"A Houston driver was stopped by a Bexar County deputy, held for 76 minutes and searched after his work trip was reportedly flagged as suspicious with the use of licence-plate-reading cameras; a jury found the county violated the Fourth Amendment and awarded $76","summary":"In March 2022 a Bexar County Sheriff's deputy in Texas stopped a Houston man on Interstate 35 as he drove home from a work trip near the border, saying he had drifted over the fog line. The driver was questioned in the patrol car and refused consent to a search. A police dog was brought in and alerted, the truck was searched, and nothing was found. He was held for 76 minutes. His lawyers at the Institute for Justice say that, with the use of licence-plate-reading cameras, the quick trip to the border and back was flagged as suspicious and that officers then coordinated the stop through a group chat. One of them told the San Antonio Current that an AI-powered camera flagged the plate and that an anonymous law enforcement agent decided the trip looked suspicious. The San Antonio Current names the cameras as Flock's, and Reason describes them as AI-powered licence plate readers that flagged an abnormal driving pattern. On Monday 28 September 2026 (the reports say 'on Monday'; the date is worked out from their publication dates) a jury in federal court in San Antonio found that Bexar County had violated the driver's Fourth Amendment rights and awarded $76, one dollar for each minute. The county's lawyer said it plans post-trial motions and may appeal. The sheriff's office declined to comment on active litigation.","incidentDate":"2022-03-16","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-29","aiSystem":"A network of licence-plate-reading cameras with whose use, by the account of the driver's lawyers, his trip to the border and back was flagged as suspicious. The San Antonio Current identifies them as Flock cameras and Reason calls them AI-powered licence plate readers; the county has not described the system in the reports read","aiProduct":"Flock Safety license plate readers (reported)","aiCompany":"Flock Safety","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["loss_of_liberty"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A driver was stopped, held at the roadside for 76 minutes, questioned and had his truck searched with nothing found, after his work trip was reportedly flagged as suspicious with the use of licence-plate-reading cameras. A jury found the county violated his Fourth Amendment rights. The cameras' role is the account of his lawyers.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the driver who was stopped, detained and searched. His lawyers say the same practice reached many other drivers, who are not individually described in the reports read and are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-TX","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"lawsuit_ongoing","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/federal-jury-rules-bexar-county-violated-drivers-rights-in-license-plate-reader-stop","primarySourceLabel":"News 4 San Antonio (WOAI), 29 September 2026: \"Federal jury rules Bexar County violated driver's rights in license plate reader stop\"","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-05T03:19:44.488115+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T03:19:44.488115+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["made-claim-about","license-plate-reader","flock","traffic-stop","fourth-amendment","jury-verdict","texas","institutional-use"]}]}