Georgia cities accused of using police as revenue generators

[@stephenb7067]

We had a small town- Driscoll, Texas- that had a police department whose sole activity was writing tickets on the highway. But Karma is a Bi***. A highway bypass was built on Highway 77 around the town. The town died, along with the police. Justice Has Been Served.

[@JahJah021]

Damn, great conclusion to a short story 😂

[@wfqsfg]

Thats like the city of Lidowici Georgia. It was so bad there the governor erected signs that warned travelers of the speed traps. Eventually, Interstate 95 went through and no tourists have to go through Lidowici anymore on their way to Florida and back. Unfortunately the city suffered since no one stops for gas and food.

[@geeewiz2231]

Too funny.

[@johanstrohman4465]

yep...i used to live in Kingsville and hated going thru that shithole when trying to get to Corpus Christi

[@billkea7224]

I remember all of that!

[@Esther-lm6pm]

This is 100% the truth. They wonder why citizens don't like or approve of cops, here's a perfect example as to why.

[@roberthance2412]

& they still wonder why people hate them .. Departments like this help the defund movement live on ..

[@DrSammyMunchkin]

They do not wonder why. 🎅

[@Sub-Zero-392]

Yep, defund the police!

[@roberthance2412]

@@Sub-Zero-392 I am not for defunding per say but i am for defunding bad cops or departments if it is found to be corrupt top to bottom.

[@post-leftluddite]

Even if the police weren't corrupt, they should still be defunded. America spends entirely too much money on police and we still have the highest crime rate of any western democracy. America spends over $113 BILLION every year on police, this is more than France and Germany spend on their entire militaries COMBINED, it's more than Russia spends on its military while fighting the war in Ukraine....and that doesn't even account for the epidemic of overtime theft by police that nothing is ever done about. Do you think it's a good expenditure to spend the most on cops and still have the highest crime? The reason for this, and you csn find this out in 2 minutes on Google, is that there is LITERALLY zero proof that more cops lowers crime, in fact there's plenty of evidence showing crime can and usually does go up when we add more police. Just look at the crime rate under Reagan who spent more on law enforcement than any preceeding president. Why did crime go up under Reagan? Because there was a 10%+ unemployment rate!!! Quite literally the only thing that has any evidence to show it lowers crime isnlowering poverty! This is how literally every other developed western nation has less crime per capita than America while having fewer cops and less harsh punishments. This is why anybody who claims they want to lower crime by adding more cops or increasing punishments doesn't actually want to lower crime, they just want to punish more.

[@fw1421]

They don’t care about our rights only money.

[@TheCjbowman]

Law enforcement has EARNED the distrust and suspicion of the public.

[@darrenconway8117]

Policing for profit is a surprise ?????

[@Greg-ur8cv]

Yeah . Cops are revenue generators . 💯 That's their sole function. Supreme Court ruled cops can lie to us , and also have no duty to protect us either. Cops are here to harass and collect. Bottom line.

[@ianbattles7290]

Why does it take THOUSANDS of complaints before someone takes action???

[@waynebruce5579]

I think you already know the answer.

[@marthahendricks9529]

FOP

[@georgevanaken925]

Gubment.

[@mikelee9516]

@@waynebruce5579 🤫 He sits in the front of the class but says he didn’t know we had homework.😂😂😂😂

[@SirNic4180]

That's how it was designed 😮

[@Sub-Zero-392]

Is this really a story in 2024??? Police being extortion experts has been a well known fact for a good minute 😂 nobody should be shocked by this 😂

[@dannythompson1948]

Right. Standard operating procedure, and as soon as it starts affecting white people with money, it's a problem.

[@Nthali193]

Meanwhile ppl talk about Mexicos corruption, it is really no different here. We wrote the book on corruption.

[@Greg-ur8cv]

Remarkably , there's probably bootlickers out there refusing to unbury their own heads from the sand.

[@dirtybirdfan16]

Actually no. I get what you're actually saying, but it should also be known thta this is not a new story. This is a story from 2022 and this guy reports it like it's new and gives no links or credit to all those that reported it originally in 2022.

[@sandasturner9529]

Since the 1940s maybe or since the dawn of civilization in one form of another, not including traffic violations

[@vnelly3]

Good on the judge for dropping one of the cases, but even better on the news for exposing the corruption.

[@sbaker3232]

Road pirates sailing the asphalt sea

[@MsAchampion]

Facts! 💯 Messing up one life at a time. 😢

[@waynebruce5579]

@@MsAchampion 125,000 lives a day affected by traffic stops

[@sackclothashes2205]

​@@waynebruce5579 I believe it's more. They're waiting in bush near you. ⏳

[@waynebruce5579]

@@sackclothashes2205 According to the fbi, roughly 65 million police encounters each year, Approximately 40 million of those are traffic stops, divided by 365 is roughly 125,000 traffic stops a day.

[@darylebarnes4300]

this comment is T shirt worthy

[@MrGrombie]

As a Floridian driver, it is well known how trashy cops are in Georgia when it comes to tickets.

[@ImprovmanZero]

Back in the day they called them Highwaymen

[@adamelam6385]

I was a Highwayman, along the coach roads I did ride.

[@dangeary2134]

The other name was Night Rider, and definitely not with a K. That was the ironic thing about that television show. A small team after all the big dogs.

[@sayitaintso7544]

Theyve been doing this about as long as Ive been alive. Nearly 60 and cant think of a small town that doesnt use these tactics to some degree.

[@franko8572]

@@sayitaintso7544Depends where you live. Where I live, it’s very territorial. You don’t see anybody on the highways other than the state police.

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

@@sayitaintso7544 It depends if it's an asset forfeiture state or not. If it is, cops basically have the legal right to take everything you own. As a black man, I'd NEVER drive through an asset forfeiture state and if I was forced to, I'd do so with a rental car. If they want to steal that, they and the rental car company's lawyers can duke it out! I'd have my wallet with my driver's license and my smart phone and a complicated password on it. I'd remove Face ID. No cash. No credit card. No wife. No kids. Nothing for them to extort from me. But you see how much effort that takes? Better to just stay away from scum states like this.

[@roywest6557]

It's not only there, it's everywhere. We have a nation wide police state of police robbers.

[@GiosueMannino]

It's only a problem if you speed like more on

[@Nite2012Mare]

​@@GiosueManninoyou should pay attention more 🙄👍

[@2for99cents]

@@GiosueMannino lol like more on.. You mean moron? Moron 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MyBizOnlu]

Call it what it is "quota" and stop acting surprised.

[@richh1576]

Quotas are illegal. Not so with "police officer monthly performance requirements" ... the exact same thing !!!

[@OneStepBeyondu]

Quotas are set for an individual to determine performance, this is outright land piracy. I hope they sue the department out of existence.

[@Penelopesyoutube]

They don't have quotas , ask them , they'll tell you. 😂

[@Waterlogged-nt8sz]

Statistically TRAFFIC TICKETS have never changed any person's driving habits, ever! (Google search police citations vs road safety in your state) Pilfering and extorting incomes from taxpayers for PROFIT void of injured party expose police as habitually chronic, and volcanically narcissistic criminals who destroy the lives of community taxpayers while converting citizens into welfare recipients! FORCED TRAFFIC TICKETS pay Federal road grants at the taxpayer's expense! (Grants are government loans) Tickets never had anything to do with saving lives people, it's always been about checking for warrants and hidden taxation! USMC (Semper Fidelis) SGT E-5 (5811)

[@ryloken1919]

Also the Supreme Court ruled that the police aren't responsible for protecting (citizens) but for protecting infrastructure. Remember when seconds matter police are minutes away at best. Meaning the police rarely stop a murder but validate multiple careers by just investigating after the fact.

[@johnharris3335]

Every single highway patrol officer is participating in this exact heist.

[@charlesdavis3347]

Corruption to the fullest

[@jaysonoweh2227]

Bot

[@Kingpeytoni]

@@jaysonoweh2227 omggg you did it before I did

[@Alligator40]

Agreed

[@Alligator40]

@@jaysonoweh2227 sounds like we have a bootlicker here😂

[@Alligator40]

@@Kingpeytoni 😂 and another boot licker

[@jamescoker2773]

I worked as a police officer in Phenix City, AL. I was told by the city court clerk not to issue tickets for handicapped parking violations because the city doesn't make any money on them. I had to write 2 tickets per shift in order to make their nonexistent quotas. I'm glad to hear that AL put a stop to some of this.

[@SirNic4180]

You are the problem Karen. You didn't have to do anything. You made a choose.

[@Alligator40]

Why didn’t you just quit when they told you? Were you a cop that upheld the constitution?

[@Alligator40]

@@SirNic4180 i agree that he did make a choice

[@sleze]

Imagine being worse than Alabama at addressing small town corruption…

[@C.C-k1y]

​@cropduster123 Try east tn. Pretty bad, here also.

[@vannevels6758]

ROFLMBAO! Imagine being worse that backward ass, country Alabama at ANYTHING! FUCK DA POLICE!

[@rrock2025]

Imagine ending every sentence with an ellipsis.

[@C.C-k1y]

@rrock2025 imagine all republican small towns being corrupt as shit I'm posting shit in my yard. Exactly what they did to me in jail, for complying, on false charges.

[@redfordreddington8834]

It's the same

[@user-cq6fk5go3s]

Hinesville GA PD is a perfect example of a predatory revenue generation force. They were the worst I’ve seen over my 20 year career.

[@angelgjr1999]

Hall county is also known for this. We literally tell our truckers and delivery drivers to avoid that county.

[@patrickcarleton3924]

It took thousands, not dozens, of complaints to get something done about the corruption happening on in this state!? Send all involved to prison!

[@7555mac]

To Serve and Protect has turned into To Serve and Collect $$$.

[@LadiboiJoy]

To collect and serve false tickets

[@Alligator40]

Thats about right and protect the government and serve themselves

[@Alligator40]

@@LadiboiJoy yep and make up false charges to throw people in jail and violate rights

[@Alligator40]

And it’s always been about serving themselves just like over serpico in the sixies and seventies

[@Alligator40]

@@LadiboiJoy and to violate people’s rights

[@scotts8284]

This happens ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY. So continue to investigate, PLEASE!!

[@gantzthegreat8998]

The first thing you should do is DO NOT pay it, ask for jury trial, and fight the charges. If all who were ticketed did that....the town would lose money on the tickets

[@LadiboiJoy]

Best idea

[@angelgjr1999]

But then they threaten to give you points on your license. That’s how they get you. I’d rather just pay them off than risk my license.

[@gantzthegreat8998]

@@angelgjr1999 that's not correct, the penalty for the ticket does not change just because you pay it! Paying the ticket is a plea, not a plea bargain

[@angelgjr1999]

@@gantzthegreat8998 that’s what he told me.

[@Wertyingf]

Call them for what they are thieves. That entire police for should be arrested and prosecuted

[@lactusgalacto1174]

Who is going to do that , the goverment? don't count on it.

[@Greg-ur8cv]

The only difference between the police and ordinary criminals is qualified immunity. 💯

[@Alligator40]

Agreed

[@brianallen1839]

She nailed it correctly, why trust law enforcement when they do this? This is just a part of how they earn that hate.

[@combatsquid1115]

Protect and serve? I heard that phrase a few times in this video. What most fail to realize is that SCOTUS ruled about 40 years ago that it is not the responsibility of law enforcement to protect and serve. That is when they went from being police officers to law enforcement officers.

[@haha20042003]

It might be time to have it brought to the Supreme Court once again

[@Xerou]

They ruled that a policeman or policewoman has no duty to sacrifice themselves (or put themselves in danger) to save a citizen. Which contradicts the PR publicly stated purpose and mission of "policing" doesn't it? Know what you call a firefighter who refuses to enter a building to save a life? Convict.

[@mikemann1960]

All answered in the thread of 4 is correct.

[@ItsPhillyDH]

@@haha20042003lol did u see who sit on the Supreme Court now? Picture that smh

[@sidcarver9076]

Maybe the cowards from Uvalde getting charged will set it motion? I highly doubt it, but I like to stay positive

[@dustinharris8057]

End qualified immunity

[@Alligator40]

I agree also end absolute immunity for prosecutors and end judicial immunity for judges

[@phillippeterman1051]

They’re definitely not used for public safety, cops don’t care if anyone gets hurt on their watch…..

[@post-leftluddite]

Nor are the legally required to protect life according to the Supreme court "The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the government has only a duty to protect persons even when they know the harm will occur, Police can watch someone attack you, refuse to intervene and not violate the Constitution.” - Darren L. Hutchinson, a professor and associate dean at the University of Florida School of Law.

[@nothingnothing7648]

Police are not, nor will they ever be, the arbiters of justice. They can RESPOND to problems, but they cannot solve them. People are just phucked up, can't blame cops for everything.

[@cowboyx9380]

@@post-leftludditeThat is ignorant, in fact, most states have laws that punish cops for ignoring a crime in their presence! You been drinking that blm koolaid kid!

[@Greg-ur8cv]

I've been making the same comments here as well guys . Cops are not here to keep anyone safe. Police are revenue generators. Supreme Court also ruled police can lie to us to help them build cases against us. Never , ever trust someone in a cop costume with your life or freedom! 💯🇺🇸 Or you'll be sorry ! 😢 Cops are so UNPREDICTABLE it's scary.

[@mikemcwilliams7801]

@@post-leftluddite read the first line the supreme court.... government has only a duty to protect persons..... so they do? i always look for a associate dean for my information on laws

[@snapperl]

Law enforcement should never be able to get revenue from their arrests, its absurd.

[@7R4dicalized]

You’re not familiar with asset forfeitures?

[@Keaira-s6g]

Jonesboro police is no different

[@chadhaire1711]

what state are you talking about...get it right

[@Justinoid1]

Tennessee? It’s bad in TN.

[@sayitaintso7544]

Jonesboro Ga got me maybe 10yrs ago. I try hard not to pass through there.

[@MCMXCVI-April]

I live in Fayetteville and I try my hardest to avoid going through Jonesboro when coming from 75. A year ago an officer wrote me 6 tickets over nonsense. I had to hire an attorney to take care of it. Thankfully once everything was done the judge threw everything out.

[@sanforddennis9793]

Lovejoy is such as bad.

[@techlydaily]

Snellville, GA is notorious for this. I hope someone will bring lawsuit for this.

[@Amor-x6c]

This is literally happening all over America, unfortunately

[@JoeFabeets]

This is happening across the entire country of the United States of America

[@Alligator40]

Yeah i watched a video from james madison audits about the port orange police department in Florida doing the policing for profit

[@kevinlawrence3105]

I donate to the Institute for Justice. Great organization-- always fighting for the little guy.

[@t-bone3657]

As a former municipal auditor, I can attest to the fact that this goes on everywhere. MADD, mothers against drunk driving, post ‘80’s, made cities realize they could make millions off of fines from just drunk driving alone. Since then, city controllers work with the police to ensure the quotas are met - even tho they deny it. This allowed for guaranteed raises and a higher participation rate for their 401k’s. Always follow the money 💰

[@bobthetitanic]

Cool , it will never change.

[@Superlegitusername]

​@@bobthetitanicwasn't the lead bit on this story how they capped it at 10% sending it to a state victims compensation fund for Alabama? Really need to cap it at 0% and do it nationwide, but it's a start.

[@bobthetitanic]

@@Superlegitusername was any government worker arrested and charged with anything?

[@bobmatthews6918]

Always follow the Money!!

[@11C1P]

That's most cities & counties in the U.S., not just GA.

[@floridashawn7317]

Breaking news: Water is wet.

[@Piper_sniper890]

I'm dead 😂facts

[@HoodNinjaichi]

Water isn't wet. Water gets other things wet. It's like saying dirt is dirty.😂😂😂 I definitely get what you are saying though😂

[@redfordreddington8834]

​@@HoodNinjaichidirt is dirty

[@sidcarver9076]

@@HoodNinjaichiI’m always curious of other people’s views. If water isn’t wet, what is it?

[@HoodNinjaichi]

@@sidcarver9076 water gets other things wet. It changes it. You aren't changing the state of water by adding more water. Like you aren't making dirt dirty by adding more dirt. 🤣🤣🤣

[@kapsig10]

After driving through GA multiple times I can say this is accurate

[@Naveandlaen]

Oh you don’t say? Just drive through South Georgia and you’ll see how excessive and unnecessary it is.

[@harleylif1929]

This is more officers losing the respect and trust from the people. The police departments bring the hate upon themselves.

[@Alligator40]

Yep and they don’t care either cause they had made a decision its them vs the people

[@sharonobryan9713]

No kidding!!! It's going on in multiple places, at multiple levels in EVERY state. It isn't just law enforcement, it's also judicial; aimed in large part at people known to not have the financial ability to fight bogus/trumped up charges.

[@101life9]

Nothing new. It happened to me. I used to call it highwsy robbery.

[@user-gw3lp3lb1o]

Probably happened to every driver on the planet at some point 😂 I got done for having a light out...in the daylight 😮

[@Alligator40]

I believe that

[@polsondrillbit704]

Accused!? This is common practice by law enforcement in Camden county Georgia!!!

[@jaygames1980]

Many small cities have this problem and need regular oversight and review by the Federal Government.

[@georgevanaken925]

ALL cities! Remember, size doesn’t matter…

[@tammyrenee64]

Go to Georgia on vacation, come home on probation, I'm a Georgian and I support this message 😬✌️

[@RandomRandomnessKCMO]

That’s literally every police department

[@jaysonoweh2227]

Bot

[@RatchetCoon]

Especially in KCK

[@CS-cr1uf]

Turbeville, South Carolina... same deal. They'll pull you for doing 36 in a 35 and hit you with a $300 "city ordinance violation" instead of the state's speeding up to 10 over ticket of $76.50.

[@pacodelahoya2000]

I live outside of a town of 123 people in southern Georgia. How do they afford to pay a full time cop but City hall is open 2 days a week?

[@andrewlayton9760]

ACAB BLM needs to visit these cities and Tommy Coleman's office. Furthermore, I am wholly shocked by the absences of Ludowici and Waycross, GA from the list.

[@Whoddathunk]

That’s a catchy phrase “taxation by citation”……

[@lazykipper]

Why are you surprised? Policing for profit is widespread in the us.

[@demariosreefaquarium7475]

Police k9 named Cash. Enough said. Modern day slave patrol still in gull bloom down south states. Lennox goal is we need more 💰 for our pay raises, mortgages, kids college tuitions ,car payments, armored cars as probably none of them served on a battlefield like myself using armored vehicles. Serve and take your 💰. New police moto.😂😂

[@Marcel_Augustin]

K9 Cash is named after Johnny Cash.

[@chellelechelle]

This is happening all over the country especially in small country towns in the South!

[@Sunstar808]

Towns that run their own traffic courts while encouraging revenue through citation will ultimately rule in their own and law enforcement’s favor.

[@rustyshackelford5892]

Where are all the cops saying we dont have a "quota"

[@blevinsfrank5453]

Because anything that comes from a cops mouth is a lie

[@dwoncrawford5823]

They’ve been doing this for years.

[@tentrickspony8925]

Respect road safety rules.

[@damonr4136]

Most cities do that. Most police departments could be reduced by 70%

[@Ljbuddy12]

Modern day road pirates! Plunder the people's hard earned money to balance their checkbooks and keep their jobs.

[@janicewilliams433]

All cities do the same thing. Petty stops like tags, plate lights out and other things not a hazard to the public

[@mule1995]

“If taxation without consent or monitoring is not robbery, then any band of robbers have only to declare themselves a government, and all their robberies are legalized.” - Lysander Spooner

[@randys6220]

Bad enough when happening at the Atlanta airport when at your gate and about to board your plane (DEA with police).

[@CaptainGoldberg]

Dooly County, GA. I was ticketed there in 1995. 30 years ago, my fine for 18 over was $303.

[@slowturtle6745]

The PD in Locust Grove Ga exists for the sole purpose of collecting revenue. Real crime just gets ignored because there's no money in that. It's always been that way to some extend but now it's just "Policing for profit". Y'all need to look closer to home.

[@danielthrasher2332]

🤠

[@TheGreat_One1988]

It’s not just Georgia, it’s all across the U.S

[@JoeMartin-ti7zv]

No such thing as a good cop

[@charliesschroedinger]

Agreed. If there was? There wouldn't be a single bad one. That's the litmus.

[@canufi6my]

The standards have been lowered to the point that we might as well hire the criminals right out of prisons!

[@clydedenby1436]

I disagree. Your comment is akin to the belief that there is no such thing as a black person. Surely that cannot be accurate...right?

[@josephhamrick2488]

How about keep your racist bulshit to yourself​@@clydedenby1436

[@DavidBrannon-rp2nq]

What a ignorant statement we see everyday where police risk their lives to save people

[@ShawnD1027]

This is one of many reasons I financially support The Institute for Justice!

[@kennethpeterson4068]

I like that other agencies reached out.

[@mystieveil9508]

Sadly, most communities do. As well as many other public servants are used as revenue generators.

[@brucenome989]

What a joke for a broken tie light. They've trying to find any reason to pull you over and ticket you.

[@alexlevingston]

Their poor. That's why.

[@divingduck9]

@@alexlevingston nah, they ticket everybody

[@705michaelwilliams]

@@divingduck9let’s be serious though, they’re pull over more poor people because they knew they can’t afford to fight it.

[@carson4388]

I pull people over for no tag light all the time, as long as they have a valid license there vehicle is registered and insured I give them a warning. I’ve arrested a lot of people on outstanding warrants, found a ton of fake plates, un insured and unregistered vehicles from simple stops like no tag light, no head light ect.

[@Bonjour-World]

@@divingduck9 They prefer vehicles with out-of-state tags.

[@pjbeety348]

Where are the damn judges that are allowing this to happen!!!!!!

[@wolfkat6492]

They’re in on it

[@glockahol]

Getting kick backs

[@cliffowens3629]

They're in on it. It's their "job".

[@YangB-ek8sw]

Getting paid

[@sayitaintso7544]

Politicians need to step in all across the US but they hardly care. I wouldnt doubt they use their status to "persuade" the officer from giving them a ticket.

[@1masonhenry]

I’ve been saying this about Georgia for 10 years.. Taxation through citation is how Georgia rolls there’s even more county’s that aren’t listed.. drive through any other state and you’ll see Georgia has a revenue generating focus that I haven’t seen in other states

[@dmo848]

Every cop has to come up with i think 30 tickets a month. So they hand tickets out like candy. Some cities are like that. That's how they make 100k salary jobs. They eat off us. Half the time, we aren't even doing anything wrong but they will find something any which what way. Seen it first hand many many times. Shit gotta change. Going on way to long y'all

[@sayitaintso7544]

If you ever come near Atlanta make sure you go through >Pine Lake< near Stone Mountain. The police have a speed zone of 35mph that drops down to 25mph for maybe only 20 yards. Theyre counting on you to stay at 35 and miss the 25 mph speed sign. All they do is collect revenue.

[@dougtibbetts857]

Emerson Georgia…. You go to court the prosecutor was the chief of police… no conflict there!

[@tbyas4406]

Dekalb county is the same way; however, they have calmed down some. They would just wait until you come out if your driveway and there they are.

[@Martion_55]

No shit, really? Lol

[@aceboardtheangler5252]

This is actually laughable. Please stop acting surprised 😂

[@jebsails2837]

I've known about these traps for over 60 years, glad someones finally noticed. Narragansett Bay

[@jimclarence5441]

Why is this news? Happens in all 50 states.

[@NZ-ms3vc]

Thin blue line

[@karlcain1068]

💰The real reason why Georgia will be last to legalize recreational marijuana…🤦‍♂️

[@calibesttyn9481]

From the STREETS to the AIRPORTS they BEEN doing it FOR YEARS😌

[@MustafaMusa-d6s]

She talking about it, "It really made her dislike the police" but before he made you get rid of your baby daddy, you use to call them every chance you get to try to check your "Baby Daddy Leroy" when you couldn't get him to do what you wanted him to do. Woman please! The biggest detriment to sociality is the Black Woman, HANDS DOWN!

[@1234spfld]

Just think one of these days when you get pulled over and they give you a citation they’ll ask you if you want to pay it now with your debit card

[@CounterSniper67]

Or more likely with a phone app.

[@Alligator40]

Yep that can be possible

[@wolfkat6492]

What do you think these overpaid extortionists are hired for all over the country?! 6 billion a year racketeering system!

[@justinesmith8050]

I came here to mention the same fact

[@rairequena8981]

If you don’t know, in Georgia policeman get paid extra for having to appear in Court. So, if a policeman wants or needs to increase his paycheck, he writes bogus tickets or fines where they would have to appear in court. The policemen are not penalized for the bogus tickets or fines.

[@buckiemohawk3643]

The police were never meant to had out tickets they were created to protect property, not give out fines

[@anthonytripp2251]

Same everywhere

[@georgevanaken925]

All policemen in our country get paid time and a half for court appearances.

[@Alligator40]

Of course they are not penalized

[@algernon5776]

Georgia State Troopers too are abusive

[@bleaaarghh]

‘Free country’

[@jamesc37]

Literally every single town in America

[@ericbrowning9971]

Brookside, a city with a population of less than 1300 people their police department has no need for an armored MRAP SWAT vehicle. Most of the people they are ticketing are just driving through on the highway.

[@georgevanaken925]

They need the armored personnel carrier, in case some crazy assed citizen try’s to say “No”.

[@a.m.m.4592]

FBI and DOJ should be cracking down on these federal crimes.

[@SMincy25]

Clayton County

[@Plainolcountryboy]

Surety bonds, sue the agency that bonded the officer. These ppl on the police side thats why they're telling you everything they've done

[@ericseyboldt2806]

The citizens of those communities voted for it. Blame it on them. The PD wouldn't be able to get away with it if the community rejected it.

[@zammmerjammer]

Yeah, I want to hear about these citizens continually voting for politicians who promise to "cut taxes" -- because this is what that means.

[@georgevanaken925]

People reject it all the time… ..they’re dead.

[@andrewtaylor940]

As an example of what happens when the citizens do reject it. And do take action, notice how most automated ticketing systems such as red light cameras and unmanned automated speed traps have gone away in most Georgia municipalities? The people are not as powerless as they sometimes think.

[@LadiboiJoy]

It's a dirty law prepackaged with unknown dirty ingredients that hurt people..not always our fault

[@Alligator40]

Yep people should be checking into who are they voting for

[@ttruth318]

Another example of how poor communities are targeted and robbed with high prices for food, housing, and essentials to live.

[@demariosreefaquarium7475]

Why their called Road pirates ☠️, that emblem should be on the police 🚔 s.😂

[@raiden72]

They're* is a contraction of "they" and "are" usually taught in maybe second or third grade.

[@jimthomas1989]

If the Court Room is Empty ? The Town doesn't get PAID !

[@jayanimations494]

Accused? It’s well known lol

[@daviddoucet2220]

That’s all they really are anywhere and everywhere, every city, town, county, state. Revenue Collectors.

[@Thebeautiful11]

Douglas police