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@rburghol @gleick

"$52 billion in American Rescue Plan Covid relief, that was instead transferred to other uses, half of which went to cops. Not a typo."

That's what I said verbatim. I linked to the Marshall Project report, that uses the mandatory Treasury department reporting as a source.

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/09/07/how-federal-covid-relief-flows-to-the-criminal-justice-system

If you want to argue with the Marshall Project's methodology, or question the efficacy of the professors of Columbia University's data journalism program beyond "I don't believe them!" feel free! 👍🏿

And that's not me being facetious. I'm being sincere. If you find an error in either their methodology or in the underlying Treasury department mandatory reporting data, I will boost your findings.