git [he/him, comrade/them] to news@hexbear.netEnglish • 2 months ago‘I’m walking here!’: jaywalking legalized in New York Citywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down10cross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
arrow-up1134arrow-down1external-link‘I’m walking here!’: jaywalking legalized in New York Citywww.theguardian.comgit [he/him, comrade/them] to news@hexbear.netEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
minus-squarejohn_browns_beard [he/him, comrade/them]linkfedilinkEnglish19•2 months 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.
minus-squarenothx [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish23•2 months 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.
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.