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Cities with more black residents rely more on traffic tickets and fines for revenue

  • Written by Akheil Singla, Assistant Professor at the School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
How much does your city make from traffic tickets and other fines?vchal/Shutterstock.com

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the last time I got a speeding ticket. It was nearly a decade ago and it’s a pretty unremarkable story: I was on my way back to Columbus, Ohio, from a friend’s wedding and was going something like 15 mph...

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