VIDEO: In Riot-hit Ferguson, Traffic Fines Boost Tension And Budget

When calm and order is finally restored to Ferguson, Missouri, the city’s leaders may find little room to maneuver to resolve an issue that has long inflamed racial tensions: traffic tickets. On the surface it would seem an easy fix for the mainly white police force simply to adopt a less aggressive policy on traffic stops, which overwhelmingly and disproportionately snare black motorists. That may be easier said than done, though. Traffic fines are the St.

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