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logosoco

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5. Interaction with police does not always end up like these examples.

Reply to jimmy the one (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 25, 2014, 05:12 PM

Aug 2014

Many are much less severe but lead to disenfranchisement due to felonies. Tickets and fines for those in low income areas fund the municipality while taking a huge chunk of family budgets. When the city depends on this revenue they often target people severely for minor offenses.

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This is the biggest problem in America today. [View all] logosoco Aug 2014 OP

Here. I made a small fancy link for you to the article. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #1

Replace the '@' in the web address with '%40' to make the link work. Make7 Aug 2014 #2

state of the cops jimmy the one Aug 2014 #3

Interaction with police does not always end up like these examples. logosoco Aug 2014 #5

If the old man had had a gun and defended himself killing the cop rock Aug 2014 #4