On the extortion thing, growing up in a small town in northern FL where they had nothing better to do, I've had cops plant drugs on me after pulling ym over for "swerving" not enough to arrest me, just under the weight limit where they could fine me, granted I've never done any drugs, and then when the law changed in FL where if you had drugs and cash on you they could just confiscated both, I've seen them plant them on many a people, and even when the person really had drugs, the money nor the drugs ever got turned in like they were suposed to they stayed in the cops pocket.
I also once got a $160 seat belt tickety while wearing my seatbelt, and had a buddy where one cop cuts him off and runs him off the road, and another cop pulls him over from behind and writes him a reckless driving ticket.
They also once increased traffic ticket fines rediculously, and their explination for it was "well tourism is down this year and we need more revenue"
I know it's not like that everywhere, but it does happen
