Police steal $22,000

[Goaticus]

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/18241221/man-loses-22000-in-new-policing-for-profit-case

The most important part is at the very end.

And that, Miles said, works to the benefit of the police.

He had two clients where police agreed to drop the cases in exchange for a cut of the money -- $1,000 in one case, $2,000 in another. In both cases, that was less than what they might have paid in attorney fees.

Miles called that "extortion."

[Lord T Hawkeye]

And yet they can't understand why their economy is doing so badly.

True fact: Businesses aren't interested in setting up shop in a state run by kleptomaniacs with the self restraint of a 3 year old.