article_snippet: But the black citizens of Ferguson apparently keep the police and local judges very busy.
article_snippet: Nobody said racism made sense.
article_snippet: But for Ferguson, racism has made money.
article_snippet: In prior years Ferguson tried to raise sales tax but learned the hard way that sales tax did not result in increased revenue because people voted with people feet and took people wealth with people.
article_snippet: Ferguson turned to a different revenue source: collecting traffic fines and penalties from the largely black population.
article_snippet: Those revenues constitute Ferguson's second-highest revenue source.
article_snippet: The remarkable part of this story is how patient the black residents of Ferguson have been.
article_snippet: It took the death of a teenager to get the black residents of Ferguson mad enough to protest and the nation got mad with the black residents of Ferguson.
article_snippet: Between the class-action lawsuit and the Department of Justice's involvement, blacks in Ferguson should know the world is watching.
highlights_snippet: Fines filled city coffers; black citizens have been remarkably patient, but no more .