I wonder how the cops can spin this so they don’t look like repo dudes who arrest you and put you in jail instead of just taking your car.

Amazing how much worse St. Ann drivers got after city sales taxes from NW Plaza dried up. http://t.co/Jk8BfEf8lF

— Kevin Horrigan (@OldSport) September 21, 2014

For people living under threat of arrest around St. Louis, a constant stress

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Police, prosecutors and judges oppressing poor people: It’s a narrative that might have garnered little sympathy around the St. Louis area before the fatal shooting Aug. 9 of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer. The shooting set off protests that included demands to improve operations in police departments and municipal courts.

But in the post-Ferguson world that recognizes how many people are just like Ray, it’s a cause clbre. At the end of last year, there were 412,851 active arrest warrants in St. Louis County, many of them for failing to appear in court.

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