The high rate of arrest warrants in Ferguson — more than 1.5 per year per inhabitant — is due to [ systematic harassment of the poor ]( http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/28/1325453/-In-2013-Ferguson-gave-out-10-000-more-arrest-warrants-than-people-in-Ferguson ) . This is [ common across the US ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#08_February_2014_%28Privatized_probation_companies%29 ) , and amounts to an additional tax on the consequences of poverty.
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