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Re:Police in tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘blac... by manbackharry on Thursday January 20, 2022 @03:45PM (#30014658)
One state (North Carolina) does do something very similar, that keeps this kind of harassment largely in check [1]. By ensuring that all fines and forfeitures paid in a county must be used for that county's public schooling, they've essentially eliminated the incentive for cops to paper as many cars as they can.

[1] https://jeremymarkovich.substack.com/p/why-north-carolina-do...

ETA: This doesn't completely solve the problem, as the federal government provides some air cover to keep screwing people over, but it does do _something_

Re:Police in tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘blac... by calvinmorrison on Thursday January 20, 2022 @04:20PM (#30015214)
you'd think, but a surprisingly high number of cops are married to teachers badum-tss