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In reply to the discussion: Ferguson. In 2013 the town issued over 24,000 arrest warrants.. [View all]Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)41. From the link...
Exacerbating the problem, the report says, are "a number of operational procedures that make it even more difficult for defendants to navigate the courts." A Ferguson court employee reported, for example, that the bench routinely starts hearing cases 30 minutes before the appointed time and then locks the doors to the building as early as five minutes after the official hour, a practice that could easily lead a defend net arriving even slightly late to receive an additional charge for failure to appear."
The fuckers, it's done deliberately.
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SomethingFishy
Aug 2014
OP
Seriously. I'm sure the TeaBaggers are cheering on the Ferguson Riot squad.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#93
From my read, it says that court fees are the second largest source of income.
lumberjack_jeff
Aug 2014
#101
The newsweek article says that fines are the second largest source of income.
lumberjack_jeff
Aug 2014
#105
can't "afford" dash cam installation- but " fines and court fees comprise the second largest source
bettyellen
Aug 2014
#9
I read here they claimed they were not installed because it costs 3K per camera.....
bettyellen
Aug 2014
#16
Thanks for providing those details! I'm wondering if we should start a kickstarter to install those
bettyellen
Aug 2014
#60
Do you have credential to do it as a govt contract? I think you should write an open letter to the
bettyellen
Aug 2014
#89
Exactly, they give the tickets to poor people who can't afford to pay the ticket
SomethingFishy
Aug 2014
#14
We're on the same page. But eliminating the extortion would empower the people of Ferguson.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#70
It might just be good old-fashioned grift. Wikipedia says they don't use privatized prisons
arcane1
Aug 2014
#52
Terrell Heights down in San Antone used to give their cops a toaster or a Mr. Coffee if they
Rozlee
Aug 2014
#30
Not if they do a hundred things a day. And I doubt if they think about it at all. They are
freshwest
Aug 2014
#58
if they are choosing to stop more African American, maybe because they know their will be less
bettyellen
Aug 2014
#68
Oh, they target black for all that stuff. I'm convinced of that 100%. I'm too old to miss that.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#69
You give EVERYONE in town a criminal history or claim they associate with known criminals....
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2014
#49
Now now Capt. the authorities are investigating themselves and they will tell us what they find
underpants
Aug 2014
#98