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Your thoughts?
1. This is happening in cities and towns all over. I cannot remember the name of the guy that ended up dead, but he was selling single cigarettes. Well, NY City has extremely high taxes on packs of cigarettes (as revenue enhancement), so people go a state over, purchase lower taxed cigarettes and sell them as singles. This irritates NY City because they are losing tax revenue. So they fine people on top for selling and buying single cigarettes. Policies are made which (by design possibly) create a black market. Then they can go after the small timers on the black market.
In the cases being discussed in the article, fines are raised to unpayable levels. People do not pay them. Pay fail to go to court. More fines and fees are added. Warrants are issued. More people end up in jail which needs more money to operate. Fines are raised to provide this money. Now, why can't community service be done to pay off fines for those who cannot afford them?
2. I really think that you should add Civil Asset Forfeiture as a form of this corruption. Unless tired by a jury of your peers and found guilty, assets should not be taken from you. I do understand confiscating drug money or whatever. But it should go into "evidence" and if no charges are filed or no guilty verdict, it needs to be returned. The same with property like cars and buildings.
Thank you, Aylee . . . your words are worth reposting. Eric (I can't breathe) Garner was attacked by five or six cops in Staten Island.I don't see how you
And there was no conviction because the DA grossly overcharged.
I don't see how you can possibly know the reason; the strangler was cleared by secret grand jury proceedings which resulted in "no bill." Even "cleared"is not a proper term. The city awarded the widow $2.4M in a settlement. That says a lot about not wanting to air the dirty linen in public.
Selling "loosies" should not carry a death penalty. You accept that, right?
Selling loosies should not be a crime. They went for murder. there was misconduct on the part of the first officer, but murder was ridiculous.
"It was clearly voluntary manslaughter" Geo. Will Wash. Post. They had to know they will killing him and...they killed him.
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