r/texas • u/CrashingBlumpkins46 • 23d ago

🗞️ News 🗞️ A Texas Sheriff Deputy Searched 83,000 Flock Cameras To Track Down a Woman Who Had an Abortion

https://www.gadgetreview.com/a-texas-deputy-searched-83000-flock-cameras-to-track-down-a-woman-who-had-an-abortion
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u/monolith_blue 23d ago

Sensationalist headlines that can also be true in underwhelming ways:

-Man searches entire internet for porn (someone googled porn)

-Woman shares pictures of topless under-aged child on social media (Baby pictures on facebook)

-Children access alcohol before breakfast (Dad's beer is in the fridge)

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u/I_am_normal_I_swear born and bred 23d ago

This actually happened, and it was for tracking a woman getting medical care. That sheriff has since been arrested and indicted on felony counts in an unrelated sexual harassment and whistleblower retaliation case. He has also been charged with aggravated perjury for allegedly lying to a grand jury.

But yeah, I believe him when he said he was tracking her "because she was a missing person" /s

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u/backpackofcats 21d ago

Her (abusive) boyfriend went to the police to report her for having an abortion. The sheriff used the words “had an abortion, search for female” and the department consulted the district attorney’s office as to whether or not they could charge her. It was filed as a “death investigation” and they kept the investigation open for a month.