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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

A large reason why all of the craziest shit in America seems to happen in Florida is because Florida has uncommon ... automatic transparency, or public availability... or very low privacy rights ... concerning detailed police reports and court records which almost all other states are much, much stricter with, far less often openly releasing such records to the public.

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/florida-man-challenge-explained

Much more technical, legalese explanation:

https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-journal/the-florida-public-records-act-in-the-era-of-modern-technology/

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have heard something about this, yes. Still..

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

I am not trying to say that this particular story is not extremely scummy and fucked.

That guy is a goddamned monster.