Pasco (FL) sheriff created program that monitors and harasses families.
[FAC NOTE: Yesterday’s Tampa Bay Times ran a story that sent chills down my spine. Having experience with the registry, I know what it’s like to live with a microscope up my ass, but having a mainstream news outlet publish the details of a police program designed to harass and entrap others feels almost vindicating. I’ve been describing this exact life for years – few believe it can happen]
Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco took office in 2011 with a bold plan: to create a cutting-edge intelligence program that could stop crime before it happened.
What he actually built was a system to continuously monitor and harass Pasco County residents, a Tampa Bay Times investigation has found.
First the Sheriff’s Office generates lists of people it considers likely to break the law, based on arrest histories, unspecified intelligence and arbitrary decisions by police analysts.
Then it sends deputies to find and interrogate anyone whose name appears, often without probable cause, a search warrant or evidence of a specific crime.
They swarm homes in the middle of the night, waking families and embarrassing people in front of their neighbors. They write tickets for missing mailbox numbers and overgrown grass, saddling residents with court dates and fines. They come again and again, making arrests for any reason they can.
One former deputy described the directive like this: “Make their lives miserable until they move or sue.”
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NOTHING NEW. DONE HERE TOO. THEY VIOLATE THE LAW. I DON’T KNOW WHY I PAY TAXES? I DON’T GET ANY POLICE HELP?
I don’t know why you do either – I don’t. Taxation without representation is un-American and therefore a true American would not pay. Since we are not considered citizens (as we do not have full rights being American untouchables) we are being oppressed.
It is insanity to support a system/government who is actively hostile against you and yet will not allow you the opportunity to leave the country.
That is simply bulling of someone with their hands tied – chicken shit PIGS! What kind of fool would pay to be abused? Why – why would you?
Such a policy can only breed bullies and cowards (the same thing). I’d bet 98% of Pasco SO deputies would call for backup if a clerk refused to sell them a doughnut, and are likely absolutely worthless in actual violent situations.
“First they came for the ‘sex offenders’….”
Since that has been so successful, “law enforcement” has expanded their Gestapo-like tactics to the general population.
That first pic of Narco looks like a Hitler youth recruitment ad.
Considering Pasco is 90% white, the number of black people targeted in this article is grossly disproportionate. It seems Narco has a hard-on for people of color. Maybe the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) should investigate. Perhaps a BLM “march” would shine some light on this white devil.
I don’t know if the SCLC has picked it up yet, but The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center has picked it up and getting the word out there.
Wow, this is one of the most well investigated articles on policing I’ve read. Wish we could give The Tampa Bay Times kudos on doing a thorough job!
James
As a Kindly Reminder, THE MEDIA, at large, is only BENEFICENT of ITSELF!
Remember, their revenue generation is based on selling advertisements….There SHOULD NEVER BE KUDOS TO THE MEDIA, AT LARGE….They are the DEMONS…whether positive or negative….”May you watch out for the doo-doo, you may step in!”
Never TRUST THEM!..They Spin things to their liking at every nano-second to benefit themselves!
Oh Geeze!..Another SHIITAKE AWARD NEEDS TO BE AWARDED!
So, their overall Modus Operandi, is to create Algorithmic ‘Behaviors’, in order to Predict The FUTURE!?!?!?
Well, HELL, Lets all Donate some money to this BOZO, Handcuff Him, Send him to a Casino, and we ALL WILL BE MILLIONAIRES, Right?
That is what this BOZO, is stating!
Think about it!
You know Kathleen when the City of Chicago/ Orland Park did this to Dad because they didn’t like the “Beater” cars he moved back and forth he sued them and won. More people should take these jerks on.