The Safety-Industrial Complex: When “Protecting Children” Becomes a Business Model
The people writing the checks are working families who can’t afford lawyers, can’t afford days off for hearings, can’t afford to have their registrations suspended. A $250 ticket doesn’t touch someone with a financial cushion. But for a home health aide in the Bronx, a delivery driver in Rockland County, a single mother juggling two jobs? That’s groceries. That’s rent. That’s the difference between keeping your car legal and falling into the enforcement spiral.
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