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It s not just that they are being racially profiled. it s racial profiling that s funding the towns that they live in. there s a a very serious revenue incentive there when you have a town of 21,000 people that budgets perspectively collect 2 2.7 million in fines and fees from their municipal courts. and i would say this is not just about ferguson. it would be a mistake to focus the attention solely on ferguson. i want you to say more about that in terms of what you know of the region. are these abuses limited to ferguson or how widespread are they? i mean let s not pretend. this is a region wide problem, it s an american problem, frankly. this is happening in georgia, it s happening in mississippi, it s happening in alabama, it s happening in california. we have effectively criminalized being black and being poor in ....