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Police Are Spending COVID-19 Relief Funds on New Technology

Loaded on April 11, 2022 by Brooke Kaufman

Filed under: COVID-19, Cost of Prison Systems, Police State-Surveillance. Location: United States of America.

by Brooke Kaufman

According to VICE, the Biden administration has been encouraging local governments to use American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) funds, a pandemic relief aid package, on policing.

“I want more cities and states to use some of the $350 billion we sent to them on the American Rescue ...

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