North Carolina Republicans Are Creating a ‘Secret Police Force’

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The euphemistically named “Gov Ops” is a civil liberties disaster waiting to happen.

This new entity, formally known as the Joint Legislative Committee on Government Operations, or “Gov Ops” for short, will be chaired by Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore . It grants the state the authority to investigate various matters,’s refusal to sign the legislation, the Republican majority in the state legislature pushed it through just 10 days later, thanks to their veto-proof majority and the state’s laws restricting the governor’s ability to make line-item vetoes.

A critical aspect of Gov Ops development lies in the language within the statute itself. The key phrase, as highlighted by Republican state legislators, is the investigation of “possible instances of misfeasance.”

 

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