Outstanding warrants being arrested and no sex predators at Hurricane Irma shelters

[BmorePat87]

(09-07-2017, 02:48 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: That if paid, would have gone towards the shelters operation cost and the emergency crew's salaries, among other things. Sure wish you didn't break the law, forcing other people pay for the services for you then, eh?

If a jurisdiction is finding that their less affluent citizens cannot afford the fines they are assessing for things like parking or traffic violations, they may want to lower the fines. Not only will they be able to collect these fines and actually get the money, but they won't prevent these citizens from spending their money within the community on the goods and services they need to survive. That and no debtor's prison. 



There's also the fact that those unequally burdened by these fines are the ones who actually need the shelter. I just don't see someone who couldn't pay their parking ticket the same way I see a rapist or a mugger.