You're listening to Comedy Central.

Ow.

Of course, America police are handing out

112,000 speeding tickets every day.

Yeah, that's a lot of tickets.

I'm like, where do they find the time to shoot people?

Oh, God.

And those tickets aren't going away anytime soon,

because these fines aren't just to punish you.

It turns out local governments need that money to keep the lights on.

Traffic stops aren't always about safety or hunting, contraband or crime.

Some cities use traffic stops to raise money.

The cities and counties that are trying to use these schemes,

trying to use these fines and fees to balance their budget,

are basically charging a backdoor tax to poor people.

In the South, municipalities strapped for cash

of interrogating the most vulnerable citizens,

who are primarily black and living under the poverty line.

In Missouri, some of these municipalities

generate anywhere from 20 to 40% of their total revenue

by finding citizens.

That's right.

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