BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoMan arrested for impersonating CIA operative — with trove of weapons in car, cops say.www.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down12
arrow-up1116arrow-down1external-linkMan arrested for impersonating CIA operative — with trove of weapons in car, cops say.www.independent.co.ukBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoSeems like Florida is chock (chalk?) full of these guys.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoFlorida apparently has some law that means more crime is published. They don’t necessarily have more crazies.
minus-squarerhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months ago Florida apparently has some law that means more crime is published This certainly gives us a lot of material, but now I wonder why Florida has this! It must be different than the local police blotter that is common.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYou got a source for that? Would love to read more
minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoIt’s part of Florida’s “sunshine” laws. Certain government actions need to be publicly available, and in Florida that includes mugshots.
minus-squareDupree878@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoIt’s a combination of things, but the main part is summed up here : https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/22/us/florida-man-google-challenge-trnd/index.html
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·2 months agoYeah that’s the usual claim I’ve seen for years, but I seriously doubt the authenticity of it as wacky/sensational stories like this get media attention regardless of what state they occur in.
minus-squareBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoChock. Florida is truly insane.
minus-squareBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoAnother one: https://www.claytodayonline.com/stories/jacksonville-man-charged-with-impersonating-fbi-agent,109253
Seems like Florida is chock (chalk?) full of these guys.
Florida apparently has some law that means more crime is published. They don’t necessarily have more crazies.
This certainly gives us a lot of material, but now I wonder why Florida has this! It must be different than the local police blotter that is common.
You got a source for that? Would love to read more
It’s part of Florida’s “sunshine” laws. Certain government actions need to be publicly available, and in Florida that includes mugshots.
Wild
It’s a combination of things, but the main part is summed up here :
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/22/us/florida-man-google-challenge-trnd/index.html
Yeah that’s the usual claim I’ve seen for years, but I seriously doubt the authenticity of it as wacky/sensational stories like this get media attention regardless of what state they occur in.
Chock. Florida is truly insane.
Another one: https://www.claytodayonline.com/stories/jacksonville-man-charged-with-impersonating-fbi-agent,109253