[bergstromm466]

> Pasco’s sheriff created a futuristic program to stop crime before it happens.

That title would not be critical at all. This is about surveillance tech and systemic oppression. I think the title is very fitting.

"As they make checks, deputies feed information back into the system, not just on the people they target, but on family members, friends and anyone else in the target’s orbit.

In the past two years alone, two of the nation’s largest law enforcement agencies have scrapped similar programs following public outcries and reports documenting serious flaws."

and

"Criminal justice experts said they were stunned by the agency’s practices. They compared the tactics to child abuse, mafia harassment and surveillance that could be expected under an authoritarian regime."

[SpicyLemonZest]

Even if "police state" is an appropriate characterization, it's surely wrong for the title to say that all of Florida is subject to this one county's program.

[mc32]

I agree it’s state surveillance and would say systemic harassment and intimidation but I don’t see the oppression angle.

[jacobush]

When the stated goal is to make people move out of the county, how much more do you need to label it oppression?

[mc32]

That wasn’t the stated goal. That was how a deputy characterized it. A civil rights lawyer on the other hand characterized it as harassment.