Using 2013 population and budget figures, I come up with nearly $160 per person, annually. For a family of 4 consisting of 2 parents and 2 children, this would amount to $640 of their annual income going to the city in the form of fines and forfeitures — not counting municipal taxes and fees. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
March 12th, 2015 - 10:57 pm § in Uncategorized
How greedily did Ferguson suck cash from its poor black residents?
March 11th, 2015 - 7:19 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Texas frat bans Mexicans, interracial dating, and “fagetry”
At the University of Texas – Austin, the Phi Gamma Delta (aka “Fiji”) fraternity’s confidential rules prohibit Mexicans, interracial dating, and “fagetry,” and reportedly throws “Border Patrol” parties, according to KVUE.com (image from Twitter). Qu[...]
March 11th, 2015 - 7:01 pm § in Uncategorized
Stupid cop fired for racist rant
Former Jackson County, Mississippi, deputy sheriff Michael Slater — notice I said “former,” because he no longer works there — threatened an online gamer in a video chatroom by saying, “You about to come to a f—–g paid police officer’s house. I get pa[...]
March 11th, 2015 - 5:43 pm § in Uncategorized
Ferguson police chief resigns
The triumvirate is gone. The three people most responsible for turning the City of Ferguson into a racketeering syndicate — municipal judge Ron Brockmeyer, city manager John Shaw, and police chief Tom Jackson — have been ousted. So has Mary Ann Twitty, the city’s racist court clerk[...]
March 10th, 2015 - 8:22 pm § in Uncategorized
Ferguson’s city manager is fired
Ferguson city manager John Shaw, 39, was fired by the Ferguson city council tonight. A news release said Shaw’s departure is “effective immediately,” the Seattle Times reported. Shaw issued a statement claiming he “never instructed the police department to target African America[...]
March 9th, 2015 - 5:07 pm § in Uncategorized
State ends Ferguson judge’s corrupt reign by seizing municipal court
“A state judge will take over municipal court cases in Ferguson, Mo., the Missouri Supreme Court announced Monday evening. The change comes days after the federal Department of Justice sharply criticized municipal courts in the St. Louis suburb for acting largely as a fund-raising operation th[...]
March 7th, 2015 - 9:20 pm § in Uncategorized
Ferguson rogue’s gallery
If you’re interested, this article delves into who the bad guys are in America’s most infamous municipality. There’s so much more to this story than the issue of Darren Wilson’s guilt or innocence. DOJ’s verdict: Wilson is innocent, but Ferguson is a pit of racism and c[...]
March 7th, 2015 - 4:59 pm § in Uncategorized
Poor people’s cash paid for this fancy building
“[O]ur investigation found instances in which the court charged $302 for a single Manner of Walking violation; $427 for a single Peace Disturbance violation; $531 for High Grass and Weeds; $777 for Resisting Arrest; and $792 for Failure to Obey, and $527 for Failure to Comply, which officers a[...]
March 7th, 2015 - 6:00 am § in Uncategorized
BREAKING NEWS: GOP backs down, will send token dignitary to Selma commemoration
Republicans, after snubbing the 50th anniversary commemoration of Selma’s history-making civil rights marches, have decided to send newly chosen House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as their token dignitary. Apparently no southern Republican stepped up to the task. It will be intere[...]
March 6th, 2015 - 10:05 pm § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges
Whites don’t riot, they party!
From a CNN, Nov. 20, 2014: “In mid-October, during the annual Pumpkin Festival in the small New England town of Keene, New Hampshire, some white college kids apparently had too much to drink and turned violent. “They were hurling broken glass and rocks at police (as well as, apparently, pum[...]