Alexander City, Alabama has agreed to give $680,000 to nearly 200 people who were jailed because they were too poor to pay their court fines. The suit filed in September 2015 by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) claimed that the town ran “a modern-day debtors prison.” Indigent debtors served time in the municipal jail […]
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How Policing for Profit can lead to a Debtors’ Prisons: NMA E-Newsletter #429
April 2, 2017
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ACLU, ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, Driver's License, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, KANSAS, LOUISIANA, MICHIGAN, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, NEWSLETTER, POLICING FOR PROFIT, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON
NMA E-Newsletter: #305: T’row de Bum(s) Out!
November 16, 2014
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ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, COMMUNITY, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, KANSAS, MARYLAND, MISSOURI, NEWSLETTER, OHIO, PETITION, RED LIGHT CAMERA, TEXAS, TICKET CAMERA, WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN
By Gary Biller, NMA President Popular lore has it that the phrase “throw the bums out” originated during the 1941 World Series when the New York Yankees faced off against the Brooklyn Dodgers. A man supposedly walked into a bar—stop us if you’ve heard this one before—in Brooklyn in the midst of the games and […]
NMA E-Newsletter #263: School Bus Cameras—The Latest Safety Fraud
January 27, 2014
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DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, KANSAS, NEWSLETTER, RED LIGHT CAMERA, SAFETY, SCHOOL BUS, SCHOOL BUS CAMERA, Technology, TRAFFIC CAMERA
The good news is that the tide is turning against red-light cameras. Camera operators have been plagued by scandal, mismanagement and public backlash. As a result, the number of cities employing red-light cameras has dropped from 700 in 2011 to 500 today—a 28 percent decrease. The bad news is that the camera companies have found […]
NMA E-Newsletter #159: Another Case of Quantity over Quality
January 22, 2012
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ARIZONA, CELL PHONE, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE, INSURANCE, KANSAS, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEWSLETTER, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, SEAT BELT, SOUTH DAKOTA, TEXTING, VIRGINIA, WYOMING
Residents in Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wyoming should be ashamed of themselves. Why? They simply haven’t passed enough traffic safety laws, according to a report from the Advocates for Highway and A…
NMA Email Newsletter: Issue #29
Common Sense Can Actually Dictate Driving Speeds A study by Kansas State University researchers illustrates a surprising fact: that driving almost 20 mph under the posted speed limit can be consistent with a long-held position by the National Moto…
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