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DOJ Cracking Down On Profit-Driven Policing, Audit Looks At How Far It's Spread (muckrock.com)
v3rgEz writes: Federal civil rights officials at the Department of Justice are launching an effort to combat widespread constitutional abuses in U.S. courts in the hope of ending budget-driven policies that cripple those unable to afford fines and fees for minor offenses, the Huffington Post reports. The DOJ's focus on court fees and bail practices follows the Ferguson report which found officials had colluded to raise revenue when they hit residents with exorbitantly high fines and fees, regardless of their ability to pay, and jailed people to extract the money. The Sunlight Foundation and MuckRock recently launched an audit to see how widely the practice has spread.
I find this is usualy because legislation has been pushed through by some religiously motivated people who don't think you should be drinking at all.
... who tend to worship a God of love and forgiveness who turned water into wine and teaches them not to judge others ... which they learn about in a New Testament, most of which was written by an apostle who said that what goes into a person's mouth does not defile them, but rather, what comes out of their mouth.
Apparently they have no sense of irony. I do wish more religious people would read and understand their own holy book, at least if they are going to participate in local politics.