Discussion: Ferguson Judge Who Imposed High Fines Resigns After Receiving Death Threats

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Good!

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Yeah, they couldn’t pay after 3 or 4 or even 5 chances. After the first chance, the fine goes from $500 to $750. After the second, it goes from $750 to $1000. And so on. I’d like to see him pay his $170K after a bunch of chances like that. This guy is vermin and should be fired from all of his public ‘service’ positions.

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How can someone serve as a prosecutor AND a judge at the same time even if they are in different towns?

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He told the newspaper that some traffic offenders in Ferguson couldn't pay their tickets after being given a third, fourth or even fifth chance to do so.

Oh. So that means he racked up $170,000 in back taxes in one try?

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That was my thought. Here’s the $200 late fee, not counting a $45 processing fee, $20 filing fe, etc., all on someone that works minimum wage.

Here in CA I know they offer some forms of community service. One woman I know who couldn’t pay her fine worked weekends cleaning police cars at the station.

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Yeah, and it takes a British paper to expose this clown’s back tax bill.

Meanwhile, the American Press continues to make up false stories about the Clintons…

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It’s Missouri–The Show Me Sleaze State…

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What happens when a Judge takes a bribe which would affect the way he applies the law, either way? This Judge used his position to punish people beyond what is normal, he has betrayed the trust given. He needs to be stripped of his license to practice law on any level and should go to jail. Every person who appeared before him and fined unfairly should be reimbursed with interest their fines and a public apology.

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See ya later, asswipe…Uncle Sam is on line 1.

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Good. I hope he, like Darren Wilson, has to sleep with one eye open for the rest of his life.

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good. Now pay your taxes deadbeat. Personal Responsibility!

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Brockmeyer was named in that report, which criticized him for “creative” use of fines to generate revenue for the city even as he threw out tickets for himself and his friends, according to the Post-Dispatch.

Oh, how fair of you.
Why would anyone have any confidence in this guy after this? Good he left Ferguson but his shitty stench still follows. He should resign his other positions in light of this.

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If you won’t put him in jail, at least take his pension away.

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“Resigned” my donkey. He was fired. Good rid.

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Don’t let the door hit ya.

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Brockmeyer still serves as a prosecutor in two other towns and as a municipal judge in a third, according to the Post-Dispatch. It’s unclear whether Brockmeyer will continue in those positions.

There won’t be full justice until this prick is totally stripped of his role as a lawyer and a judge.

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What false stories? That Hillary went to great lengths to maintain government emails in a private account? That the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation has taken big contributions from foreign governments and corporations? That Chelsea got paid $600K by one of the nets to write about a dozen stories? Just because you don’t like them doesn’t mean they’re false. I don’t like them either, but that’s not the point.
God I’m sick of this half-assed cynicism about the American press. It has had some big failings, but it also does some amazing work in the face of some giant challenges. Just because a paper breaks a story that conforms to your prejudices doesn’t mean British papers are better than American ones.

Shouldn’t Brockmeyer face some sort of legal consequences for violating his oath(s)?

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What do you say about a man who’s supposed to sit in judgement of others when his own character is so grossly flawed? Unfortunately, this will never get included in the ongoing narrative about what drove this community to such extremes of civic protest.

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