• archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social
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    3 months ago

    It’s less a problem with racial profiling and more a problem with it being a poverty-tax.

    Enforcing a flat-rate fee structure with speed cameras disproportionately hurts low-income drivers (who are already economically unstable), and allocating state/city funding toward road maintenance instead of public transit infrastructure pushes people into a loop of auto costs-> traffic fines -> loss of work -> more financial insecurity, ect.

    True enough: reducing officer interactions is a good thing, but those cops end up spending that saved time escalating other non-violent interactions instead. If that’s your goal, you should be de-funding and reforming law enforcement, not automating fine collection.

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      3 months ago

      Well said. My biggest issue is tickets funding road maintance, rather than traffic calming and transit. But flat-rate is also a big issue.

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      3 months ago

      All true. It could be a positive step but very small change by itself. Police are one part of criminal justice system that need massive reform.