Chalking tires for parking enforcement ruled unconstitutional
(World News USA)

CINCINNATI - Woodland’s parking practice of chalking tires is unconstitutional. At least that’s a decision according to a report in The Washington Post Tuesday on a ruling by a federal appeals court, which said it violated the Fourth Amendment’s bar on unreasonable searches. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, in a first-of-its-kind decision, ruled on Monday that marking a car’s tires to gather information is a form of trespass requiring a warrant, similar to police attaching a GPS to a vehicle to track a suspected drug dealer, according to The Post. Police departments such as those in Woodland have been chalking tires with big white or yellow lines for...