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Re:Declining trust in government is denting democracy (2017) by selimthegrim on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:10AM (#27561127)
I might be staying in Bush for a while so I hope I don't run into the fascist Slidell police on the way (who one time made an acquaintance of mine jump up and down on a glass beer bottle on the side of the road until it broke just to torment her and threatened to charge her with theft for having a Waffle House menu in the back of her car even though she worked there as a waitress)

Also heard some stories about Livingston PSO but can't repeat them online.

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Re:Declining trust in government is denting democracy (2017) by nickthemagicman on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:42AM (#27561459)
I was paying a ticket once and I asked the St Tammany sheriff's office where my money for the ticket was going and they told me it was going back to the sheriff's office.

So all of the money Saint Tammany parish police makes from tickets goes directly back into their police coffers. Not into the Arts, or road repair or anything.

This creates a perverse incentive for them to write more tickets to to make more money.

Good luck to you. If you're white and don't dress alternatively or like a skateboarder you'll probably have less problems.

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Re:Declining trust in government is denting democracy (2017) by selimthegrim on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:46AM (#27561497)
I'm Pakistani. But I'm just swarthy enough so people don't squint too hard. I'm more worried about the crappy condition of my car and how fascist they are about brake tags.
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Re:Declining trust in government is denting democracy (2017) by nickthemagicman on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:53AM (#27561559)
On the upside Bush is beautiful and very enjoyable rural while not being too far from Nola or Hammond.

I would drive around New Orleans for years and never get hit for brake tags or anything but if I went across to St Tammany for literally a weekend I would get slammed.

Hopefully you can get that taken care of. Small Town cops don't have anything else to do but traffic law.

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