Sociologist Benjamin Snyderspent six years following an emerging form of policing technology: ultra-high-resolution aerial surveillance. Technology that Ross McNutt, founder of Persistent Surveillance Systems, promised would “solve otherwise unsolvable crimes.”

In his new book, “Spy Plane: Inside Baltimore’s Surveillance Experiment,” Snyder exposes the promise and peril of high-tech policing. Snyder will speak about his book at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse in Baltimore on December 10th.

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Baltimore’s “Spy Plane” Was Ruled Unconstitutional in 2021. So Why Did One Murder Case Go to Trial Years Later?

Sociologist <a href="https://anso.williams.edu/profile/bhs2/">Benjamin Snyder</a> spent six years following an emerging form of policing technology: ultra-high-resolution aerial surveillance. Technology that Ross McNutt, founder of Persistent Surveillance Systems, promised would “<a href="https://digitaledition.baltimoresun.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=fa526db0-0412-444f-994c-651684d0a0ee">solve otherwise unsolvable crimes</a>.”
In his new book, “<a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/books/spy-plane/paper#about-author">Spy Plane: Inside Baltimore’s Surveillance Experiment</a>,” Snyder exposes the promise and peril of high-tech policing. Snyder will speak about his book at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse in Baltimore on <a href="https://redemmas.org/events/benjamin-h-snyder-presents-spy-plane-inside-baltimore-s-surveillance-experiment-in-conversation-w-brandon-soderberg/">December 10th</a>. Links: <a href="https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/community/baltimores-unconstitutional-spy-plane-sent-murder-case-to-trial-years-later/">Baltimore’s “Spy Plane” Was Ruled Unconstitutional in 2021. So Why Did One Murder Case Go to Trial Years Later?</a>

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