In the wake of the police murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, it became more widely known that police depts/courts in the area were basically funding themselves with random stops, BS charges, enormous fines (compounded by failure-to-appear fines on top), _and_… aggressive civil forfeiture. The vast majority of which took place in poor, mostly-Black towns like Ferguson.
20% of Ferguson’s GENERAL FUND at the time came from fines.
https://reason.com/2019/02/20/supreme-court-delivers-unanimous-victory/
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2024-09-08 21:19:25
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