Suit Claims Sheriff Misused Emergency Shelters ‘As Unlawful Pedestrian Checkpoints’
A lawsuit filed electronically on Sunday argues that the sheriff in Polk County, Florida, violated the constitutional rights of a man seeking emergency shelter by requiring him to undergo a criminal background check. The suit argues that Sheriff Grady Judd is misusing emergency shelters as “unlawful pedestrian checkpoints to conduct suspicionless warrant/criminal background checks on … Read more