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License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani People

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Rindala Alajaji and Dave Maass · November 3, 2025

EFF discovered over 80 U.S. law enforcement agencies searched Flock's ALPR network using racial slurs and ethnic stereotypes targeting Romani people. Between June 2024 and October 2025, police conducted hundreds of searches using slurs, often without citing any specific crime.

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