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50. The cases and warrants do seem excessive but the $2,635,400 isn't even
Wed Aug 20, 2014, 02:13 PM
Aug 2014

enough to fund the police force. 53 police; do the math for wages, then add in buildings, vehicles, utilities, fuel, etc. 53 cops does seem excessive for a town of around 20,000. I doubt anyone is getting rich from the fine money. It also adds up to about $107 per arrest warrant. A speeding ticket costs more than that in Norther New York.

I'm not defending the cops, they seem especially incompetent, under-trained and racist, but the money doesn't seem to be out of line. I'm sure many if not most small cities earn about the same from fines. I imagine this murder will end up costing the town and/or county dearly.

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Aug 2014 #1
K&R - Connecting the dots... myrna minx Aug 2014 #2
Notice Ferguson is very near St Louis International Airport hexola Aug 2014 #3
The property values are most impacted by the School Districts Gore1FL Aug 2014 #33
think how many people probably lost their TWA jobs when it went extinct JCMach1 Aug 2014 #64
The basic problem of Ferguson: Spider Jerusalem Aug 2014 #4
Not just as animals… as cash cows. KittyWampus Aug 2014 #6
It is a Money Thing!!! littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #38
Minor correction: "4,000 animals" (not 400), which makes the comment all the more telling, imo. VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #39
Apartheid. moondust Aug 2014 #45
^^This^^ jen63 Aug 2014 #75
Has Rachel Maddow touched on this yet? The huge number of violations in proportion to population? KittyWampus Aug 2014 #5
I believe Rachel did address that issue a while back. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #21
That's very revealing Bragi Aug 2014 #7
The underlying problem may be that cities, whether Detroit or Ferguson or some small town in the JDPriestly Aug 2014 #25
In LA during the time of the crash, they hired 1000 new parking patrol BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #46
I have had some tea-party friends beating on me that all Democrats are racist LiberalArkie Aug 2014 #47
You can't fix loony BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #48
All those Dixiecrat racists were Democrats. Some evolved, and the rest became Republicans. Zen Democrat Aug 2014 #56
The Third Way. Note that I am an Elizabeth Warren supporter. JDPriestly Aug 2014 #54
When I drove a "poorer-looking" car, the LAPD was much freer about stopping me for chickenshit villager Aug 2014 #55
Nixon is a Dem xmas74 Aug 2014 #66
Thank you for educating me BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #69
He is a more conservative Dem xmas74 Aug 2014 #71
^ n/t BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2014 #26
You should see St. Ann Gore1FL Aug 2014 #34
Same thing was going on in Bell, CA SwankyXomb Aug 2014 #35
Would love to see a map of their voting district and PuraVidaDreamin Aug 2014 #8
This is a thousand towns across America alcibiades_mystery Aug 2014 #9
Unfortunately, it isn't just the black experience. JDPriestly Aug 2014 #28
Follow the money. You'll seldom get lost. n/t sarge43 Aug 2014 #10
It also means long-term unemployment and poverty Sanity Claws Aug 2014 #11
+1 BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #49
K&R And once again, the problem leads back to corporate corruption. woo me with science Aug 2014 #12
+1 ...see post 18 for my opinion. L0oniX Aug 2014 #19
There's something rotten in Ferguson... ReRe Aug 2014 #13
The Jennings PD was disbanded in 2010 for corruption starroute Aug 2014 #40
That's what I was referring to... ReRe Aug 2014 #42
Awesome truths there, starroute! K&R n/t bobthedrummer Aug 2014 #70
Kick and rec. Taxation without representation. riqster Aug 2014 #14
the prison industrial complex has a pervasive corrupting effect too phantom power Aug 2014 #15
A new form of voter suppression. Can anything get worse? jwirr Aug 2014 #16
The entire machine needs to be shut down... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #17
Hmm a militarized country using excessive force in other countries has a militarized police force... L0oniX Aug 2014 #18
I posted this thread a few nights ago very late and it dropped off the radar (as VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #41
Coming to other cities in America..... blackspade Aug 2014 #20
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #22
I also see signs of an attempt to make the police department financially self-sustaining. Baitball Blogger Aug 2014 #23
Thank you. JDPriestly Aug 2014 #30
Exactly so tkmorris Aug 2014 #24
I read they have an average 6% voter turnout librechik Aug 2014 #29
I believe it's 12% KamaAina Aug 2014 #36
12% is voter turnout for entire city. HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #76
So that's, what, a thousand votes? KamaAina Aug 2014 #77
Thats probably a good guess. HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #78
yup--and the widespread use of this sort of thing is why librechik Aug 2014 #27
tax cuts are awesome. pansypoo53219 Aug 2014 #31
k and r. all of this bbgrunt Aug 2014 #32
The soft white underbelly. KamaAina Aug 2014 #37
Here in Richmond, VA., we have Henrico County officers who target Richmond citizens. WCLinolVir Aug 2014 #43
Part of the seamy underbelly... TeeYiYi Aug 2014 #44
The cases and warrants do seem excessive but the $2,635,400 isn't even A Simple Game Aug 2014 #50
How many of those cops are part-time? Lee-Lee Aug 2014 #52
You may be right, I hadn't thought of part timers, but still doesn't seem like much. n/t A Simple Game Aug 2014 #58
As I said in another thread this is easily fixed if the MO legislature and Governer will act Lee-Lee Aug 2014 #51
The GOP is in the majority in the the legislature xmas74 Aug 2014 #72
So do a ballot initiative Lee-Lee Aug 2014 #74
In other places a name like "Justice for Education Act" xmas74 Aug 2014 #79
I wonder whether the ACLU would sue to get those who were set up to be tblue37 Aug 2014 #53
Huge K&R woo me with science Aug 2014 #57
k&r. Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Aug 2014 #59
Felons should not lose the right to vote indivisibleman Aug 2014 #60
+1 dreamnightwind Aug 2014 #67
agreed. indivisibleman Aug 2014 #73
K&R Squinch Aug 2014 #61
Wow. DU is depressing today. The truth hurts. K&R. Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2014 #62
I think this is a real under-reported aspect of poverty and policing in this country JCMach1 Aug 2014 #63
No wonder El Shaman Aug 2014 #65
kick woo me with science Aug 2014 #68
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