as atm machines for years. blake stroed runs afternoon cities defenders a non-profit law firm until st. louis. you re saying impoverished black folks were paying a special tax in the form of tickets, court fines, bond. um-hum, exactly. around the same time of the doj ferguson report, stroed s group began suing some of the municipalities. you filed a total of 7 lawsuits across seven nicipalities. one of knthose is settled six still active. what were you suing over. the basic claim is that it is unconstitutional to treat people with money differently than people without money. if you have money, you pay a ticket, you re done. if you don t, then you have to go through that sort of kafkaesque process of warrants