Ferguson judge withdraws all arrest warrants before 2015

[TextDriversKill]

Yet another case of black privilege. Just refuse to pay your traffic crime fines and your debt is turned into "community service" meaning no penalty at all.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/24/us/ferguson-missouri-court-changes/index.html

aug 24 2015 (CNN)The municipal court judge in Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday announced sweeping changes to the city's court system, including an order to withdraw all arrest warrants issued in that city before December 31, 2014.

Municipal Court Judge Donald McCullin, who was appointed in June, also changed the conditions for pretrial release. According to a press release put out by Ferguson, all defendants will be given new court dates with alternative penalties like payment plans or community service.

Those caught for minor traffic violations should be less likely to end up behind bars because of McCullin. Under the new policy, they won't be arrested but instead will be released on their own recognizance and given another court date.

 

[TextDriversKill]

Again we see that rioting and looting pays off. You get to steal a lot of stuff and get your fines cancelled too. BTW - where does a judge get authority to do this anyway.?

 

[Paleocon]

BTW - where does a judge get authority to do this anyway.?

Don't know the specifics of Missouri law, but generally the highest ranking judge can set rules for bail and the like in his jurisdiction.

 

[TheDemSocialist]

Again we see that rioting and looting pays off. You get to steal a lot of stuff and get your fines cancelled too. BTW - where does a judge get authority to do this anyway.?

Yet another case of black privilege. Just refuse to pay your traffic crime fines and your debt is turned into "community service" meaning no penalty at all.

You kidding me? :doh
From your own ****ing link: "In March, the U.S. Justice Department civil rights investigation found that Ferguson police and the city's municipal court engaged in a "pattern and practice" of discrimination against African-Americans.... For example, in 88% of the cases in which the Ferguson police reported using force, it was against African-Americans. Also, between 2012 and 2014, black drivers were twice as likely as white drivers to be searched during traffic stops, but 26% less likely to be found in possession of contraband... Now because of McCullin's move, warrants -- many of which are from traffic tickets and fines people couldn't pay, as well as failure to appear in court -- have been wiped clean. The court will revisit those cases, with new warrants issued only if a defendant fails to show up in court later, the city explained. And all suspensions of driver's licenses are now null and void."


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[azgreg]

Yet another case of black privilege. Just refuse to pay your traffic crime fines and your debt is turned into "community service" meaning no penalty at all.

Did you just type black privilege? That's ****ing hilarious!

 

[TextDriversKill]

Did you just type black privilege? That's ****ing hilarious!

Furgeson is 70% black so yeah - that's what it is. Along with all the affirmative action hiring , blacks get this too.

 

[Hatuey]

Did you just type black privilege? That's ****ing hilarious!

It is, isn't it?

 

[azgreg]

It is, isn't it?

Arguably the dumbest thing I've ever read on the internet.

 

[Hatuey]

Arguably the dumbest thing I've ever read on the internet.

I don't think he understood that the judge didn't withdraw these arrest warrants based on the race of those involved.

 

[The Mark]

Yet another case of black privilege. Just refuse to pay your traffic crime fines and your debt is turned into "community service" meaning no penalty at all.

That might be the most wildly inaccurate comment I've ever seen responding to a news article.

But this bit, from further down the article, should improve your mood:

Harvey also pointed out that McCullin has to retire in six months because of state-mandated age limits for judges. The advocacy group leader worries that -- because the order is voluntary and not part of a decree that would be overseen by a higher court -- there is no guarantee the city will comply.

 

[Chomsky]

Yet another case of black privilege. Just refuse to pay your traffic crime fines and your debt is turned into "community service" meaning no penalty at all.

I've seen nothing in the article claiming the new policy was limited to individuals of a specific race or skin color ...

 

[TextDriversKill]

I've seen nothing in the article claiming the new policy was limited to individuals of a specific race or skin color ...

OMG - do i have to paint you a picture.? Furgeson is 70% black and i'll bet a zillion dollars that 90% of these cancelled arrest warrants are for blacks.. White people pay their fines - they don't demand amnesty.

 

[Chomsky]

OMG - do i have to paint you a picture.? Furgeson is 70% black and i'll bet a zillion dollars that 90% of these cancelled arrest warrants are for blacks.. White people pay their fines - they don't demand amnesty.

So this policy doesn't effect the whites?

 

[NonoBadDog]

OMG - do i have to paint you a picture.? Furgeson is 70% black and i'll bet a zillion dollars that 90% of these cancelled arrest warrants are for blacks.. White people pay their fines - they don't demand amnesty.

Let me help you out here. You can say all the people that the judge let off were humans from the human race. That would make the judge a racist. You don't have a "zillion dollars".

 

[NonoBadDog]

So this policy doesn't effect the whites?

You are going to confuse him more than he already is, stop it.

 

[Chomsky]

Bad dog!

 

[NonoBadDog]

Furgeson is 70% black so yeah - that's what it is. Along with all the affirmative action hiring , blacks get this too.

It is really really tempting to get risk an infraction right now but this isn't worth it.

 

[NonoBadDog]

Bad dog!

Got that shock collar?

:2funny:

 

[Chomsky]

Got that shock collar?

:2funny:

It's on the OP! :2wave:

 

[Aunt Spiker]

Yet another case of black privilege. Just refuse to pay your traffic crime fines and your debt is turned into "community service" meaning no penalty at all.

LOL

I'm so glad I don't live anywhere near there: Ferguson social experiment commencing.

Can you really reduce CRIME RATES by pretending crimes never happened? I feel some Jedi Mind Trick at work: "These are not the lawbreakers you're looking for."

LOL

 

[NonoBadDog]

This kind of thing is why I live in the mountains. The "social experiment" isn't going to go well.

 

[The Mark]

Quote from the article in the OP:

But Arch City Defenders, a nonprofit legal aid group that has sued Ferguson over its ticketing practices, doesn't think the judge went far enough.

"There are real questions about the legitimacy of the stops in the first place brought up by the DOJ and Arch City Defenders as well," Arch City Executive Director Thomas Harvey said.

"If they want to do something in the interest of community healing they should just get rid of those cases. Blank slate. Start over. And move on."

So apparently they aren't dismissing charges, they're just canceling all arrest warrants.

 

[Bodi]

OMG - do i have to paint you a picture.? Furgeson is 70% black and i'll bet a zillion dollars that 90% of these cancelled arrest warrants are for blacks..

I bet you five bucks that you don't have a zillion dollars.

White people pay their fines - .

Why do they? Because of the color of their skin?

 

[Bodi]

Arguably the dumbest thing I've ever read on the internet.

Within the bounds of reality, I agree. Those that say they were abducted by aliens, for instance, are more dumb but not in the bounds of reality.

 

[Deuce]

Yet another case of black privilege. Just refuse to pay your traffic crime fines and your debt is turned into "community service" meaning no penalty at all.

The cases aren't being dropped.