Floridas new school bus cameras, which capture drivers who pass a bus while its stop arm is out, is now the focus of a new class action lawsuit.

The lawsuit alleges Polk Countys bus cameras are a money-making scheme that uses the cover of student safety to generate large-scale revenue, according to the federal lawsuit filed in Floridas Middle District. The lawsuit is considered a putative class action until a judge certifies it as a formal class action lawsuit.

They hide behind school safety, but that's not their real intent. Their real intent is to become a cash cow, said Miami-based attorney Gino Moreno, who filed the lawsuit along with his law partner, Arlenys Perdomo.

The lawsuit comes months after Investigative Reporter Katie LaGrone and investigative photographer Matthew Apthorp s

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