The judge in Ferguson, Missouri, who is accused of fixing traffic
tickets for himself and colleagues while inflicting a punishing regime
of fines and fees on the city’s residents, also owes more than $170,000
in unpaid taxes.
Ronald J Brockmeyer, whose court allegedly jailed impoverished
defendants unable to pay fines of a few hundred dollars, has a string of
outstanding debts to the US government dating back to 2007, according
to tax filings obtained by the Guardian from authorities in Missouri.
Brockmeyer, 70, was this week singled out by Department of Justice
investigators as being a driving force behind Ferguson’s strategy of
using its municipal court to aggressively generate revenues. The policy
has been blamed for a breakdown in relations between the city’s
overwhelmingly white authorities and residents, two-thirds of whom are
African American.
Investigators found Brockmeyer had boasted of creating a range of new
court fees, “many of which are widely considered abusive and may be
unlawful”. A city councilman opposing the judge’s reappointment was
warned “switching judges would/could lead to loss of revenue”.
READ MORE:http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/ferguson-judge-who-aggressively-fined-and-jailed-poor-residents-owes-170000-in-unpaid-taxes/
Ferguson riots were planned 2 years in advance -- and funded by George Soros:
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