So this is totally bullshit... BUT, JSO in general has been cracking down on jaywalking (no idea why) and it is legit a $65 ticket (once again no idea why). I work downtown, white dude, well dressed (which is generally enough to get me out of anything). With a group of co-workers was walking back from lunch, we were… Read more
I tell anyone that will listen, just take your ticket and argue in court. That’s the venue for arguments not the street. Read more
yeah - the cop was an ass and should get suspended / fired / executed or whatever. They gotta learn how to deal with high strung people - without it turning into some goddamn power struggle. The Sandra Bland video should be Exhibit A of how not to rise to civilian anger. Just be quiet and give them the damn ticket.
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^^^ everyone jay-walks in NYC. Not sure I have ever heard of someone getting ticketed. Maybe someone trying to play Frogger with traffic. Read more
I’m of two minds here. On the one hand this is pretty blatant bullshit, complete abuse of power for intimidation, and I’ll bet if you looked at all the jaywalking citations this dude wrote you’d see a clear and abusive pattern that he’s racially profiling. Read more
I’m of two minds here. On the one hand this is pretty blatant bullshit, complete abuse of power for intimidation, and I’ll bet if you looked at all the jaywalking citations this dude wrote you’d see a clear and abusive pattern that he’s racially profiling. Read more
Come on guys, we can analyze this video all we like. But we all know the inrefutable fact that this austrolpithecus robostus over here with a badge and a gun does not like black people and sublimated his urge to take out his gun and kill this kid with verbally abusing him and threatening him instead. Plus if you read… Read more
Many moons ago, it used to be the absolute law that when someone stepped off a curb, the traffic had to stop in both directions. I was jaywalking all over the place until some cop explained (literally explained - it was 45 years ago) what hazard it was and how selfish I was being. Made sense, so I stopped. It… Read more
Crucify this good ol’ boy dip-shit cop. His intentions are grossly obvious. Kudos to the young man keeping his cool. Learn from this. Read more
Statistics from my own country shows that crossing a street anywhere else but at a street crossing is actually safer, because street crossings give people a sense of false security and cause them to not look out for themselves properly, and thus they walk out in front of vehicles. (Cellphones probably contribute to… Read more
I saw something similar happen when I was in DTLA one night. I think it was around 1am and I was walking to the subway to get home. I was walking along and saw someone jaywalk across the street after a few cars had passed including a police cruiser, and there was no traffic coming. Right after the guy made it across… Read more
Hey, the kid’s still alive. PROGRESS. Read more