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A closer look at what President Trump’s military surplus executive order does

by Brian Seay

President Trump rolled back an Obama-era order restricting military surplus equipment for state and local law enforcement this week. But what’s it all mean?

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Florida agency spied on protestors with pricey social media monitoring software

by Brian Seay

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office used software to monitor social media activity of people at a number of protests in the last several years.

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Judge orders monitor for ‘America’s toughest sheriff’ after department loses racial profiling lawsuit

by Brent McCluskey

Joe Arpaio, the self-proclaimed America’s toughest sheriff, was dealt a humbling blow Wednesday after U.S District Judge Murray Snow ruled his Maricopa County, Arizona office will be appointed a monitor. The court order comes after the sheriff’s office lost a racial profiling suit in May. Arpaio’s office was alleged to have detained Latinos for unreasonably […]

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