It’s All about the Benjamins 0
At AL.com, John Archibald explores the toxic effects and racist origins of policing for profit. A snippet:
It is still happening in places like Marion County, where a number of people — including U.S. Army veteran Charles Anderson — were jailed last year for their inability to pay old court fines. In Castleberry in southern Alabama, media scrutiny of a revenue-driven speed trap a few years ago led, at least temporarily, to the dissolution of the police department.