One of the more remarkable things witnessed last week in Ferguson Missouri was the September 9th city council meeting. A lengthy line of speakers took turns with the microphone casting aspersions toward the Mayor, and city council members.
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Those who watched the meeting noticed a similar demand from two-thirds of the speakers: “lower the cost of breaking the law“.
One angry young chap stood up to say he was offended by a fine he received ($200) for spitting on a police officer. In his view the fine was limiting his constitutional freedoms. According to the heavily tattooed citizen: “I don’t have all my freedoms n shit, that’s fuckin’ bullshit”, he proclaimed.


Dozens of residents spoke of their outstanding arrest warrants which come as a result of their running afoul of municipal ordinances, city rules, or police laws. Apparently hundreds of local rioters were additionally incensed at the tickets they encountered while hurling Molotov cocktails and bricks.


Several participants asked, well, actually ‘demanded’ the City Council pardon their transgressions, “or else”. The “or else” was explained by many audience members as their intention to burn down the city if they didn’t get amnesty. The pardon team was supported by some law school students who arrived to support the amnesty demand.


Apparently the mob strategy worked, and the Ferguson City Council decided it was better to let the lawlessness reign than to attempt control over a societal construct who will burn down the town if they do not get their way.
This article written by Ferguson Friend Frances Robles outlines the acquiescence:

GNOME SAYIN’ – There were lots of jitters at the Ferguson police clerk’s window this week, as steady streams of drivers with unpaid traffic tickets and pending arrest warrants turned themselves in as part of a new city initiative to repair its frayed relationship with black residents.

They looked around skeptically. “I don’t know if they are going to lock me up,” said Katrina Clemons, who owes almost $800 in fines and penalties from a $250 traffic ticket. “I do not like coming here.”[…]

On Tuesday, the City Council decided to abolish fines that are routinely issued if a defendant fails to show up for court, repeal a “failure to appear” law that led to many incarcerations and give people a month to come forward and void their warrants. It also created a special docket for defendants who have difficulty making payments on outstanding fines and moved to establish a civilian review board to oversee the Police Department, which is under investigation by the Justice Department’s civil rights division.[…]

I believe it’s all a lie,” said Zurich Bruckner, a 39-year-old construction worker who went to traffic court Thursday night to fight a $102 ticket he got because of a blue light near the license plate of his 1993 Lexus. “That’s extortion.”

Bruckner explained: The light was not broken; it was blue. “That’s an extraordinary amount to pay for a bulb that’s working,” he said.

Bruckner recently served two 90-day sentences for traffic fines in another city and for failing to pay child support, so he made sure to show up to court in Ferguson to avoid problems. The charge was dismissed but he had to pay $25 in court costs.[…]

Knowles and the City Council sat stone-faced for three hours Tuesday night as resident after resident vented about racial profiling and police harassment. They heard from Markese Mull, a 39-year-old father of three who told how his traffic fines climbed to $2,000 because the municipal court would not allow him to pay them in $50 installments.

His $600 fine for driving without a license more than tripled and landed him in jail twice, he said. On Friday, he went to the police station and put down $100. (read more)


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