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>One incentive was the availability of federal funds >earmarked for sex predator stings. Another factor: >asset forfeiture, which allows police to seize >the property of people who are arrested even if they aren't convicted.

Whenever arresting people becomes a big earning opportunity, problems are sure to follow. Profit-oriented policing (mainly from traffic enforcement) was one of the grievances that fueled the Ferguson protests/riots.