Ferguson judge behind aggressive fines policy owes $170,000 in unpaid taxes
Ferguson judge behind aggressive fines policy owes $170,000 in unpaid taxeshttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/06/ferguson-judge-owes-unpaid-taxes-ronald-brockmeyer?CMP=share_btn_tw
The judge in Ferguson, Missouri, who is accused of fixing traffic tickets for himself and colleagues while inflicting a punishing regime of fines and fees on the city’s residents, also owes more than $170,000 in unpaid taxes.
Ronald J Brockmeyer, whose court allegedly jailed impoverished defendants unable to pay fines of a few hundred dollars, has a string of outstanding debts to the US government dating back to 2007, according to tax filings obtained by the Guardian from authorities in Missouri.
Brockmeyer, 70, was this week singled out by Department of Justice investigators as being a driving force behind Ferguson’s strategy of using its municipal court to aggressively generate revenues. The policy has been blamed for a breakdown in relations between the city’s overwhelmingly white authorities and residents, two-thirds of whom are African American.
Investigators found Brockmeyer had boasted of creating a range of new court fees, “many of which are widely considered abusive and may be unlawful”. A city councilman opposing the judge’s reappointment was warned “switching judges would/could lead to loss of revenue”.
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he is a judge, AND a prosecutor, AND a private attorney. 
Brockmeyer, who has been Ferguson’s municipal court judge for 12 years, serves simultaneously as a prosecutor in two nearby cities and as a private attorney.
now remind me, am I defending you, prosecuting you, or judging your case? 
for failure to pay taxes - and double the fines DAILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Hypocritical ass. 
Gee, that's too bad.
What makes this hypocrite above the law, he reminds me of Cliven Bundy
America would someone be able to have three jobs. Ain't this country great or what????
If I were in charge of the federal or state IRS, I would be fining this A$$hole 40 ways from Sunday. I would be auditing every tax return I was legally able to audit.
This guy even looks like lowlife creep. See additional pic at link to the full story at The Guardian.
Cher
Dayam... there goes that damn guardian again 
doing the job of our non-existent 4th estate. If we did have a proper news organization in this country, no telling what they could have pulled out of Ferguson, MO in the last 6 months. 
