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If you're paying a ticket, you're not paying the cop though, that's not corruption. They're saying "we've got you, but here's an offer because we don't think we
by luckylion 6y ago
If you're paying a ticket, you're not paying the cop though, that's not corruption. They're saying "we've got you, but here's an offer because we don't think we can convict you of the big thing, or because you've been doing this for the first time". You can take it and pay your dues, or you can fight. But then they might fight as well.
There's no reason why the state should go to court over every infraction. You hopefully learned a lesson about stopping the car, why should the state spend thousands of dollars on a court case and make you spend a lot as well?
That would be very different if they said "you can get a ticket or you can donate the money to my wife's charity."
- cmckn 6y agoI'm not handing the cop the money, sure; but I'm handing his employer the money (the city, the county, whatever). They're essentially saying "you can get a ticket or you can donate money to the city". The way this applies to someone who can't afford the ticket is a bigger problem, similar to cash bail. If you can't throw them some money, you get shafted 10x worse.