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As Hurricane Irma's destructive path nears Florida, a sheriff is warning sex offenders to beware of officers checking IDs at shelters. But now people are worried the rules will also affect others with outstanding warrants.
[...] "If you go to a shelter for #Irma, be advised: sworn LEOs will be at every shelter, checking IDs. Sex offenders/predators will not be allowed."
The sheriff explained the tweet further by writing on top of it, "If you go to a shelter for #Irma and you have a warrant, we'll gladly escort you to the safe and secure shelter called the Polk County Jail."
[...] RT America contacted the sheriff's office, and was told a public information officer would call back with further information.
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Source: Florida sheriff offers jail as 'secure shelter' for those with warrants fleeing Hurricane Irma
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 10 2017, @04:10PM (3 children)
A-yup. I feel like a certain portion of US law enforcement would feel just at home in, say, Saudi Arabia. Cutting off hands and heads for minor offenses, stuff like that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 10 2017, @06:05PM
Yet it works just fine there. Cut off whatever was used to commit a crime... Sex offenders especially.
(Score: 2, Informative) by realDonaldTrump on Monday September 11 2017, @02:41AM
I'll tell you, the Saudis are fabulous. They bought a whole floor of Trump World Tower. And when I went there, so friendly! They love me. We did a sexy sword dance. And Wilbur Ross said there wasn't one protester. Not one. Fabulous! 🇺🇸
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday September 11 2017, @06:30PM
"law enforcement" ?
A significant portion of the US isn't thinking very differently from the Saudi or the Taliban about people they find ... unpleasant. It's just the words and underlying concepts that change.
The law enforcement subset is just a product of selection of individuals based on their willingness to perform certain tasks. That biases the sample a lot.