• thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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    2 hours ago

    I jaywalk every day, so does everybody I know in this city, and I don't think any of us knew it was actually illegal here. Glad it's now legal but god damn was that the most unenforced law I've ever seen.

    • john_browns_beard [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 hours ago

      I was going to say, at least from my experience with Manhattan, everybody is jaywalking and nobody even thinks about it. I guess the cops like to give minorities a hard time in the other boroughs.

      • nothx [he/him]
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        2 hours ago

        It’s a way for them to initiate a stop of a minority and then investigate the potential for other unrelated crimes.

        Stop and frisk with a facade.

    • john_browns_beard [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 hours ago

      I was going to say, at least from my experience with Manhattan, everybody is jaywalking and nobody even thinks about it. I guess the cops like to give minorities a hard time in the other boroughs.