How One Missouri Town Generates Revenue By Treating Its Residents Like Criminals

One March day in 2013, Valarie Whitner received a rude welcome when she came home to Pagedale, Missouri: A police officer spotted Valarie, arrested her and threw her in the back of a squad car, before driving her to city hall. Only after Pagedale’s chief of police became involved was Valarie free to go. Incredibly, an unspecified “building code violation” caused Valarie to get handcuffed. For over seven years, Valarie and her partner, Vincent Blount, have been...
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