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		Buge on Jan 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Police in tiny Alabama town suck drivers into lega... The police are financing themselves with the fines. Without the fines, they wouldn't be able to go from 1 officer to 8 officers in a single year.

trothamel on Jan 20, 2022 [–]

https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/5Ge7V/2/

They're probably financing a lot of the rest of the town, too.

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