Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional

Re:Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconsti... by mulmen on Monday March 09, 2026 @07:27PM (#47317186)

I’m not sure if it was COVID or the social movements around the same time like defund the police. Here in Seattle when defunding the police was suggested the police department threatened to close the precinct in a large residential area. Basically they attempted to extort the voters. I think the police have realized that crime is good for them because the more of it voters see the more they think police are needed.

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Re:Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconsti... by hrimfaxi on Monday March 09, 2026 @07:56PM (#47317460)

Which leads to the extreme—maximal crime leads to maximum police budgets!

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Re:Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconsti... by mulmen on Monday March 09, 2026 @08:12PM (#47317589)

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Re:Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconsti... by hrimfaxi on Monday March 09, 2026 @08:41PM (#47317779)

I don't disagree. When the state runs out of enemies it manufactures more.

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Re:Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconsti... by thegrim33 on Monday March 09, 2026 @10:22PM (#47318413)

Vilify them, defund them, restrict them, reduce the number of officers to the lowest level in 30 years, and then when crime increases in the next few years .. was it maybe because of everything that was just done? No, that's not it, it's a grand conspiracy across every police officer in Seattle who coordinated/decided to be evil together and intentionally let crime spread. Yup, that all checks out.

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Re:Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconsti... by lazyasciiart on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @12:29AM (#47319103)

Ok so now that crime is lower can we blame them?

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Re:Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconsti... by mulmen on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @03:11AM (#47319972)

I wasn't inviting another tired relitigation of the defund movement, only observing the apparent origin of police caring even less about crime.

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