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Re:A Woman Who Spent Six Years Fighting a Traffic Stop by rayiner on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @03:04PM (#10125288)
Ultimately it's the citizens that are to blame. It's elected police chiefs or sheriffs, elected mayors, and (usually) elected judges that create and perpetuate these systems.

I mean, look at Woodsworth. There's no lobbyists, SuperPAC funding, Koch Brothers money. There's no excuses. The people could vote every wrongdoer in this story out of office tomorrow. They choose not to.

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Re:A Woman Who Spent Six Years Fighting a Traffic Stop by fnordfnordfnord on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @04:13PM (#10125691)
They don't treat Woodsworth voters like that.
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Re:A Woman Who Spent Six Years Fighting a Traffic Stop by tsotha on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @08:58PM (#10126921)
This is the key to running cities based on ticket revenue. Residents would would never tolerate it if they were plundered like this. Heck, most of them probably don't realize what's going on until they've been there awhile.
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Re:A Woman Who Spent Six Years Fighting a Traffic Stop by gohrt on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @07:58PM (#10126710)
Democracy is tyranny of the majority.
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