To everyone saying the title was sensationalized and that it's only one county in Florida, I welcome you to come visit my state.
This kind of stuff is widespread in Florida. Sheriff Gualtieri, Grady Judd, Billy Woods, Darryl Daniels, ex Sheriff Mike Scott, Ric Bradshaw, and I could go on and on and on.
Look across the vast swaths of rural land in the landlocked parts of Florida and you'll find the only industry are prisons and policing.
The title you submitted ("Florida is a police state") badly broke the HN guideline against editorializing in titles:
"Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize."
Accounts that do that eventually lose submission privileges, so please don't do that. If you want to offer your interpretation of the article or the facts, that's totally fine, but do it in the comments, so your view is on a level playing field with everyone else's. On HN, being the one to submit a story doesn't confer any special rights over it. This is important because titles have by far the biggest influence.
This kind of stuff is widespread in Florida. Sheriff Gualtieri, Grady Judd, Billy Woods, Darryl Daniels, ex Sheriff Mike Scott, Ric Bradshaw, and I could go on and on and on.
Look across the vast swaths of rural land in the landlocked parts of Florida and you'll find the only industry are prisons and policing.