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This Sheriff’s Office Says Racial Profiling Reforms Are Too Costly. Auditors Found It Misused $163 Million. (www.propublica.org)

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More than $7,000 in cable TV subscriptions.

An $11,000 golf cart.

$1.5 million in renovations to office space in a swanky Phoenix high-rise.

And another $1.7 million for Tasers.

Those were among more than $200 million in expenses that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office billed to a class-action settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling in the department.

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[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

MCSO was very clear they were going to misappropriate funds. Arpaio was never subtle.

[–] Quexotic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

https://m.youtube.com/results?search_query=tasers+kill

I'll just leave that link there.

Tasers kill a lot of people.

https://www.amnesty.org/es/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/amr510482011en.pdf

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/police-killed-1000-people-tasers-since-2000

https://eji.org/news/investigation-finds-1000-deaths-after-police-use-of-tasers/

https://abc11.com/post/taser-stun-gun-deaths-nc-nationwide-raleigh-police/12719372/