I'm not joking when I say that they form literal rackets. Fines being used by courts as punishment is fine but fines being directly issued by cops on the spot leaves it open for flagrant abuse and racketeering. If a cop can pull you over and say "you owe 400 dollars" it's your word against his, he can just steal from you, and they often do.
Departments and governments will use their police as highwayman bandits to bring in money. It would actually be better to be mugged, at least then you can shoot the guy and he can only steal what's on you instead of being pursued and punished by the entire U.S government because you didn't fork over your money to some high school educated hall monitor with qualified immunity.
They can kill a bajillion drug addicts and Niggers and I don't care but I get genuinely tilted at state backed highwaymen.
Every small town that sits on a major highway will have a bloated police department who's job is to fish for money. I hate them more than I do Indian scam callers.
