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Trillo

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13. There must be a better funding model created for cities.

Sat Dec 13, 2014, 09:21 AM

Dec 2014

How is it possible for citizens to "pursue happiness" when all surveillance eyes are watching for the slightest mistep, just to harass?

Ferguson Feeds Off the Poor: Three Warrants a Year Per Household
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A report issued just last week by the nonprofit lawyer’s group ArchCity Defenders notes that in the court’s 36 three-hour sessions in 2013, it handled 12,108 cases and 24,532 warrants. That is an average of 1.5 cases and three warrants per Ferguson household. Fines and court fees for the year in this city of just 21,000 people totaled $2,635,400.

The sum made the municipal court the city’s second-biggest source of revenue. It also almost certainly was a major factor in the antagonism between the police and the citizenry preceding the tragedy that resulted when Wilson had another encounter with a subject six months after he got his commendation.
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Bloomberg: Ferguson to Increase Police Ticketing to Close City’s Budget Gap [View all] Fumesucker Dec 2014 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Dec 2014 #1

I hope not. bravenak Dec 2014 #2

There are some people in this country that are just fucking insane. SamKnause Dec 2014 #7

This pasty white 68 yr old female agrees with you newfie11 Dec 2014 #8

hardly a surprise Sherman A1 Dec 2014 #3

Cops are saying that they need more b.s. tickets from their citizenry. Stellar Dec 2014 #4

Costs are up, doncha know. They recently had to pull a lot of overtime. It seems Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #15

sounds like a racket Enrique Dec 2014 #5

That's exactly what it is. LuvNewcastle Dec 2014 #17

This is just fucking evil SamKnause Dec 2014 #6

Sqeezing the people more and more UglyGreed Dec 2014 #9

This is beyond disgusting. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #10

Way to solve the wrong problem, guys! SwankyXomb Dec 2014 #11

lots of cities do this davidn3600 Dec 2014 #12

There must be a better funding model created for cities. Trillo Dec 2014 #13

But we have to have government! If we don't have government it will be ANARCHY! And that means Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #14

You have a point there. LuvNewcastle Dec 2014 #20

If someone is going to stick a gun in your face and demand your money or your life Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #21

Schedule a court date on every ticket. Fight each one. Contact the NLG and the ACLU msanthrope Dec 2014 #16

These guys are just idiots. Wear the cops and the courts out Autumn Dec 2014 #18

"may risk worsening community releations" - nominated for 2014 KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #19