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villager

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1. Tickets are only about asymmetrical taxes on poor people.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Aug 10, 2016, 08:22 PM

Aug 2016

And cops are the collectors/shakedown artists, with a very acute interest in their own self-funding. (As the courts have, as well).

It has pretty much zero to do with any kind of "safety."

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The tyranny of a traffic ticket for poor people of color [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2016 OP

Tickets are only about asymmetrical taxes on poor people. villager Aug 2016 #1

The last time I got a ticket, I went to court. yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #2

You still have to pay court fees awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #3

Exactly. I've gotten tickets "let go" as well, but that's because my time is far more flexible than villager Aug 2016 #4

I work second shift awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #5

The court fees are nominal compared to the ticket yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #9

I guess it depends on the city awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #11

Oh my gosh! Criminal. 80 dollars for a 100 dollar ticket yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #12

That particular city awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #13

I am so sorry the city is basically grifting people. yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #14

Yep... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #15

When I see somebody run a red light I always hope a cop is here to write them up. I don't care Waldorf Aug 2016 #7

I never see cops write that up. It's usually for "bad lane changes," etc. villager Aug 2016 #8

I'd make a terrible cop yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #10

I recently got popped for $480 for making a right on red without fully stopping. Throd Aug 2016 #6