Cory Doctorow on Nostr: The police of Chesterfield County, VA claim that the names of *every police officer ...
The police of Chesterfield County, VA claim that the names of *every police officer on the force* should be kept secret, because one or more of those cops might someday work undercover. As EFF writes, "It’s not at all dystopian to claim that a public law enforcement agency needs to have secret police!"
Now, I don't want to give you the impression that all this nonsense stems from small-town-Deputy-Dawg-Barney-Fife-type dimwits with harebrained schemes.
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