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  "title": "Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines for a Pretextual Weed Search",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/cops-used-flock-to-track-a-man-across-state-lines-for-a-pretextual",
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        "title": "Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed",
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