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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP is mad Democrats are raising revenue without raising taxes

seriously?[/quote]

No. They're complaining that it's racist. Black people pay the vast majority of the fines, which are very expensive and can ruin people's lives. The Washington Post (and a lot of other publications) have written about this. [/quote]

Black people need to be given a pass then for speeding tickets. [/quote]

The fact that black drivers pay 5x the fines that white drivers do isn't suspicious to you? [/quote]

Are you saying that black people are less able than white people to adhere to traffic laws?[/quote]

This is mostly a function of how our cities are organized. There are more of these high-earning cameras in parts of the city that have fewer white drivers. Why? Because there are more streets where people are inclined to speed there. Predominantly white neighborhoods tend to have quieter street design; predominantly black neighborhoods have more wide, highway-like roads running through them. So there is actually some implicit bias behind these figures around who pays more fines, but it's not in the enforcement, it's in the underlying facts behind the deployment of the cameras in the first place. Unfortunately, partly because of the road design problem, black residents are also likelier than white ones to be hit and injured by speeding cars, so fixing the ticket payment inequities can also exacerbate other ones.[/quote]

Well don’t let facts get in the way of your post. The cameras are placed at major commuter roads. [/quote]

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