[HN Gopher] The Demand for Money Behind Many Police Traffic Stops
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The Demand for Money Behind Many Police Traffic Stops
Author : GaryTang
Score : 21 points
Date : 2021-10-31 18:15 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| throwaway81523 wrote:
| One obvious fix might be require all revenue from traffic fines
| etc. to be paid into the state general fund rather than to the
| agencies that write the tickets.
| eurasiantiger wrote:
| That would lead to the income stream becoming a permanent
| fixture in budgets and thus an implicit state-sanctioned
| traffic stop robbery quota would be enacted.
| mofosyne wrote:
| How about the money gets paid back to taxpayers as a seperate
| line item as a dividend.
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| E.g. everyone get $10 dollars from fine profits
| SomeHacker44 wrote:
| Great idea, except it will incentivize enforcement for only
| out of state vehicles.
|
| I suggest making it a donation to a basket of charities of
| various conflicting persuasions so that few persons would
| feel good about subsidizing them (all), like both pro
| choice and pro life groups, or evolution and intelligent
| design groups.
| 1cvmask wrote:
| This is the tip of the iceberg. How about we talk about outright
| authoritarian theft like civil forfeiture where they seize your
| assets and threaten you with fake charges if you plan to appeal
| it.
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| We would call this a fascist dictatorial authoritarian practice
| if it was in another country caught in the crosshairs of the
| empire:
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| https://www.forbes.com/sites/instituteforjustice/2015/03/19/...
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