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
Tolling Matters This Election Season: NMA E-Newsletter #403
October 2, 2016
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EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Gas Tax, INDIANA, MISSOURI, NEWSLETTER, NORTH CAROLINA, RHODE ISLAND, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN
From guest writer Clark Barrineau of the Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates In the fall of 2015, Congress passed a five-year federal transportation bill. This law placed a “use-it-or-lose-it” provision on the Interstate System Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Pilot Program (ISRRPP)—a pilot program for tolling existing interstates. The three tolling pilot program slots are currently held by […]
The Chiseling Away of the Fourth Amendment Continues: NMA E-Newsletter #389
June 26, 2016
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CALIFORNIA, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FOURTH AMENDMENT, ILLEGAL SEARCH, LOUISIANA, MISSOURI, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, PENNSYLVANIA, PRIVACY, TICKET FINES, TRAFFIC STOP, UTAH
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and […]
Federal Changes Bring Tolling Battle to the States: NMA E-Newsletter #378
April 10, 2016
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CONNECTICUT, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, INDIANA, LEGISLATION, MISSOURI, NEWSLETTER, NORTH CAROLINA, PETITION, REVENUE GENERATION, RHODE ISLAND, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING, VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, WYOMING
After nearly two decades of action at the federal level, the battle to toll existing interstates is now shifting to the states, thanks to the federal transportation bill passed last fall. That bill, called the FAST Act, made changes to a federal program known as the Interstate System Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Pilot Program (ISRRPP). This […]
NMA E-Newsletter #332: The Future of Police/Community Relations
May 24, 2015
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COMMUNITY, CRIMINAL, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ILLEGAL SEARCH, MARYLAND, MISSOURI, NATIONAL, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, PROTEST, SOUTH CAROLINA, WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN
By John Bowman, NMA Vice President I recently had the privilege of speaking at a regional meeting of state motorcycle riders associations. A few minutes into my presentation an audience member stood up and forcefully objected to what he thought were my unfair and ill-informed comments about the nature of traffic enforcement. I asked the […]
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