‘It’s Racist As Hell': Inside St. Louis County’s Predatory Night Courts

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Missouri has the second-highest rate of traffic cases per person in the nation, and St. Louis County’s rate is twice as high as Missouri’s. According to Brendan Roediger, an assistant professor at St. Louis University School of Law, there are more than 450,000 outstanding warrants in the St. Louis County for municipal cases. In some jurisdictions, the number of warrants well exceeds the number of residents: Country Club Hills, for example, has a population of 1,381 and more than 33,102 active warrants, amounting to a ratio of nearly 24 outstanding warrants per resident. Similarly, Wellston has a population of 2,460 and more than 15,000 outstanding warrants, adding up to a ratio of more than six to one.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/20...week-st-louis-countys-egregious-night-courts/


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[Strapped]

just another tax from states right rethugs

 

[Black Panther]

Still true. :martinbp: