Texas and Florida Have Become National Models for Using the Police State to Wage Culture War Battles

Texas and Florida have become national models for using the police state to wage culture war battles

"Essentially, the librarians are my suspects," the Texas police officer tells a school superintendent in the body camera footage. "If they are the ones that are choosing the books and putting them in there, you know, they're the ones carrying the criminal liability." The Hood County constable was in the middle of a nearly two-year investigation of several school librarians for distributing allegedly obscene books. Local news outlet KXAS obtained…

Texas and Florida Have Become National Models for Using the Police State To Wage Culture War Battles

"Essentially, the librarians are my suspects," the Texas police officer tells a school superintendent in the body camera footage. "If they are the ones that are choosing the books and putting them in there, you know, they're the ones carrying the criminal liability." The Hood County constable was…