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Tje United States has been running all over the world, allegedly protecting foreigners from warlords, despots and dictators. Surprise!! We got some of them right here in the ole USA. And some of them are throwing people in jail because they are too poor to pay fines, traffic tickets and high weed (No not that kind) citations.
Ferguson MO keeps hanging aroiund like an annoying relative who just won’t go away. It’s your worse nightmare, and it isn’t going way any time soon.
According to the New York Times:
St. Louis County has some 90 municipalities, some of which get 40 percent or more of their revenue from traffic fines and fees from petty violations. Drivers can pass through several towns in just a few miles on a single road. Those detained in one town are often dragged through the courts or jails of other communities. At the moment, civil rights lawyers are suing nearly a dozen towns either for illegally jailing people who are too poor to pay fines or for assessing fines and fees that lawyers allege are illegal to begin with. MOREHERE