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🚨 Sheriff Norris’ LPR Spin Exposed: From “International Crime Syndicate” to One Guy

The Idaho Sheriff · 1 year ago

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Sheriff Bob Norris has been caught shifting his story on the use of license plate readers in Kootenai County. At first, he justified this massive surveillance expansion by claiming the technology helped hunt down an “international crime syndicate.” Now, the truth is out: it wasn’t a cartel, a syndicate, or an international operation it was just one guy who happened…

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