FL: Federal judge rejects sheriff’s office’s attempt to dismiss lawsuit challenging ‘predictive policing’ program

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Source: wtsp.com 3/5/21

A federal judge rejected the Pasco County Sheriff’s motion to dismiss a case against Sheriff Chris Nocco’s Orwellian “predictive policing” program, the Institute of Justice said in a release Wednesday.

In a lawsuit filed by Pasco County families back in March, Nocco was accused of punishing people “for crimes they have not committed and may never commit” – in a practice called predictive policing.

Judge Steven D. Merryday issued an order denying the Pasco County sheriff’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
“Today’s decision is an important step toward the ultimate dismantling of the program,” Ari Bargil, an attorney at the Institute for Justice, which represents the families.

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Have Florida officials announced when they plan to change the name of St. Petersburg to Leningrad?

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“In a lawsuit filed by Pasco County families back in March, Nocco was accused of punishing people “for crimes they have not committed and may never commit” – in a practice called predictive policing.”

This sounds very familiar doesn’t it? Just like the registry – punish persons on it for something they have not yet done or predicted may do in the future.

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Hey! If SCOTUS itself condones congressional prophylactic use of ex post language and then authorizes administrative promulgation w\o due process, this type of administrative overreach was always going to be enabled. Ultimately, the people will follow leadership, even when it is damn poor leadership.

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  1. It’s Florida, so……..
  2. Cops trying to be judge , jury , executioner
  3. This is just the beginning. Life imitating art. Tom Cruise already starred in a movie about this kind of action. It didn’t end too well.
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