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Florida Sheriff’s Office Criticized After Sending Letters to Residents Identified as ‘Prolific Offenders’ Informing Them They Are Under Surveillance

Florida Sheriff’s Office Criticized After Sending Letters to Residents Identified as ‘Prolific Offenders’ Informing Them They Are Under Surveillance

A Florida sheriff department defended their decision to send letters to residents identified as “prolific offenders,” letting them know that they have been enrolled in a program intended to prevent them from committing crimes going forward. The four-page letter was sent to residents by the Pasco Sheriff’s Office, that starts with, “We are pleased to […]

Florida Sheriff’s Office Criticized After Sending Letters to Residents Identified as ‘Prolific Offenders’ Informing Them They Are Under Surveillance

Florida Sheriff’s Office Criticized After Sending Letters to Residents Identified as ‘Prolific Offenders’ Informing Them They Are Under Surveillance

A Florida sheriff department defended their decision to send letters to residents identified as “prolific offenders,” letting them know that they have been enrolled in a program intended to prevent them from committing crimes going forward. The four-page letter was sent to residents by the Pasco Sheriff’s Office, that starts with, “We are pleased to […]

300+ Residents Of North Miami Beach Condo Evacuated After Structure Deemed Unsafe

300+ Residents Of North Miami Beach Condo Evacuated After Structure Deemed Unsafe

NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The city of North Miami Beach ordered the evacuation of a condominium building Friday after a review found unsafe conditions about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from the site of last week’s deadly collapse in South Florida. An audit prompted by the collapse of Champlain Towers South in nearby Surfside found that […]

Black Residents In Evanston, Illinois Voice Concerns About The City’s Reparation Program

Black Residents In Evanston, Illinois Voice Concerns About The City’s Reparation Program

Black residents in Evanston, Illinois are expressing concerns about the city’s approach to providing reparations, a plan which was approved three months ago as the first local reparations program in the country. According to the residents, part of the problem is that there are too many restrictions in the plan.  The concerned Illinoisans specifically point to the city’s […]

Oakland to give low-income residents 0 a month, no strings attached

Oakland to give low-income residents $500 a month, no strings attached

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The mayor of Oakland, California, on Tuesday announced a privately funded program that will give low-income families of color $500 per month with no rules on how they can spend it. The program is the latest experiment with a “guaranteed income,” an idea that giving poor people a set amount of […]