git [he/him, comrade/them] to news • 23 days ago‘I’m walking here!’: jaywalking legalized in New York Cityexternal-linkmessage-square10 fedilinkarrow-up1133
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minus-squarejohn_browns_beard [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear19·23 days agoI 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. link
minus-squarenothx [he/him]hexbear23·23 days agoIt’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. link
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.
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.