{
  "version": "3.33",
  "compiled": "2026-10-09",
  "site": "https://stateofwatch.com",
  "claim": {
    "id": "ankle-monitor-origin",
    "section": 5,
    "title": "The \"ankle monitor\" line is from Beautiful Struggle, not the Norfolk judge",
    "date": null,
    "sort": null,
    "status": "verified",
    "checked": "3.10",
    "note": "Resolved v3.8, reconfirmed against the opinion in v3.10.",
    "category": "court",
    "case": "schmidt",
    "body": "The phrase is a verbatim quote from Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle v. Baltimore Police Dep't, 2 F.4th 330, 341-42 (4th Cir. 2021), invoked in the Schmidt appellate briefing on both sides. Judge Davis's opinion discusses Beautiful Struggle at length but does not coin the phrase.",
    "quotes": [],
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "Schmidt, Doc. 191",
        "primary": true,
        "doc": "schmidt-district-opinion"
      },
      {
        "label": "Schmidt appellate briefs",
        "primary": true
      }
    ],
    "places": [],
    "url": "https://stateofwatch.com/claims/ankle-monitor-origin"
  }
}