Profiling isn’t hardly limited to Ferguson, nor is using the cops as a revenue source. That profiling might be racial, but it’s also commonly profiling of out of area license plates, or even those license plate frames that indicate an ’Out of towner".
On speed traps, Oregon had a famous one in Jordan Valley, and when in Alabama back in the day, had a small town where the 25 mph signs were literally hidden behind bushes, and on a stretch of straight road with a 65 mph speed limit. That 25 mph stretch was well under a mile long, making radar trap the only method used as the distance was too short to actually pace a violator.
Profiling isn’t hardly limited to Ferguson, nor is using the cops as a revenue source. That profiling might be racial, but it’s also commonly profiling of out of area license plates, or even those license plate frames that indicate an ’Out of towner".
On speed traps, Oregon had a famous one in Jordan Valley, and when in Alabama back in the day, had a small town where the 25 mph signs were literally hidden behind bushes, and on a stretch of straight road with a 65 mph speed limit. That 25 mph stretch was well under a mile long, making radar trap the only method used as the distance was too short to actually pace a violator.