Posted on 10/26/2004 3:09:37 PM PDT by Momaw Nadon
This statement alone proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that municipalities doling out traffic tickets has nothing to do with "public safety", and everything to do with fattening the coffers of said municipalities through a form of legal extortion.
It is also one more example to support my axiom that "there is no tyranny, oppression, or usurpation of individual liberties on Earth that cannot somehow be justified in the name of public safety".
Wouldn't the town leaders' statements amount to an open admission that the policing operation is officially a revenue generating enterprise rather than law enforcement enterprise, and therefore open the town to suits, or even prosecution?
I know not all states are the same, so I'm just asking about Mass's case.
Hehe, I was going to post this with almost the same comment. Do you say 'typical union thugs', or 'good idea?' Tough call, I guess just enjoy the irony while it lasts.
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