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For almost every city around America, fines and fees are a useful law enforcement tool, offering a way to punish everyday infractions without the immediate threat of jail or a permanent mark on a criminal record. But what happens when governments stop thinking of fines as a deterrent, but as a crucial source of funding? How does it change policing when the goal is neither to serve and protect, but to ensure that the budget doesn't take a hit? The Sunlight Foundation and MuckRock are partnering to find out.

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FBI thought Cesar Chavez was only into labor organizing for the money

by Lukas Knight

December 01, 2015

Cesar Estrada Chavez, Mexican American icon and prominent leader of an historic strike of California farm workers, was the subject of hundreds of pages of FBI correspondence throughout the ’60s, speculating on the nature of his humanitarian and civil rights activism - much of which seems to suggest skepticism in regard to the sincerity of Chavez’s intentions.

Title	Status	Agency	Jurisdiction
"Stand Alone Protocols"	Awaiting Response	New York City Police Department	New York City, NY
L Ron Hubbard FBI Files	Completed	Federal Bureau of Investigation	United States of America
RNC 2012 Security Plans	Rejected	Tampa Police Department	Tampa, FL
RNC 2016 Security Plans	Rejected	Cleveland Police Department	Cleveland, OH
DNC 2012 Security Plans	Rejected	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department	Charlotte, NC

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Title	Status	Agency	Jurisdiction
Municipal Police Training Committee, MA	Completed	Municipal Police Training Committee	Massachusetts
Defense Distributed (ATF)	Completed	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives	United States of America
Matthew Keys LA Times DOJ	Completed	Department of Justice, Criminal Division	United States of America
Diketones in Electronic Cigarette Liquid	Completed	Food and Drug Administration	United States of America
Infectious Disease Contingency Plans	Completed	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	United States of America

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Blank Check: How local police fund themselves with fines and fees

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FBI thought Cesar Chavez was only into labor organizing for the money

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