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Previously on SBPDL:Because 90% of Fare Evaders of Washington D.C. Metro are Black, Campaign Underway to Decriminalize Fare Evasion to Fight “Racism”

It’s obvious we are nearing the point where a municipality passes a law making it illegal for police to arrest black or brown people.[Subway Policing In New York City Still Has A Race Problem, Gothamist, 10-12-18]:

For New York City police, turnstile jumping has long been much more than a class A misdemeanor. The strict policing of people evading the fare on public transit was justified as an all-purpose solution to the rampant crime that plagued the city’s subways in the 1980s. It became one of the first examples for the New York Police Department that cracking down on minor offenses—the controversial “broken windows” theory of policing—might restore order to the city.

In NYC, black and brown people are now free to turnstile jump (fare evade) without any repercussions…
In NYC, black and brown people are now free to turnstile jump (fare evade) without any repercussions…

But New York might be changing its mind about turnstile jumping. With broken windows strategies increasingly discredited by many criminologists, a more lenient approach to this minor offense has taken root in New York’s courts, and perhaps from there found its way onto subway platforms across the city. Last year, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. announced that his office would stop prosecuting most cases of fare evasion, which includes riding public transit without paying the fare through any means such as jumping a subway turnstile, slipping through an emergency gate or sliding onto a bus through the back door without paying. Since Vance’s announcement, such arrests dropped from a high of 25,000 in 2016 and are now on track to be fewer than 10,000 this year. The NYPD has said that the majority of turnstile jumpers are now issued civil summonses, not arrested.

Some city leaders wonder though—should turnstile jumping be a crime at all?“We’re making progress,” says City Councilman Rory Lancman, whose office has been advocating that fare evasion always be considered a civil offense, like a traffic violation that would result in a ticket, not a criminal record. He said that “arresting 10,000 people a year … is still 10,000 people too many.”

A Marshall Project analysis of New York Division of Criminal Justice Services data from 2014 through June of this year shows that while the numbers of turnstile arrests have decreased significantly, what has not changed is who gets arrested: 89 percent of those arrested this year are black or Hispanic, virtually the same proportion since 2014. Across the city, neighborhoods with the most turnstile arrests per subway card swipe tend to be predominantly black or Hispanic.

Crime is the new entitlement for black and brown people in what’s left of the United States of America, as white people fear being called a “racist” more than they do losing their civilization.

(Republished from SBPDL by permission of author or representative)
 
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  1. It will no longer be a crime only as long as white people keep paying the fares and subsidizing the africans, can't wait for white people to start turnstile jumping as well.

  2. “With broken windows strategies increasingly discredited by many criminologists“

    Is it really? The link is to an article by one guy that was published 14 years ago… 🤔

  3. Let NYC and other urban hell-holes chocke on their own vomit.

  4. Anonymous[] • Disclaimer says:

    By allowing this behaviour they are just enabling the fucking NAPA's to travel freely to their next crime. The city is complicit and should beheld accountable. The good white people of New York should file a class action suit. Oh wait its NY… its too late to save the Big Apple … it has worms. African Nightcrawlers to be exact.
    Off to the gun show..Over/out.

  5. Another great story from the city that gave me nightmares. The subway crime started in 1970's. You were in as much danger riding the train as you were walking the sidewalks. By the 80's it was really bad for seniors. The city had Transit Cops that only worked the trains. They were all great men.

    It was the most dangerous at night when the "wolf packs" prowled the trains out in Queens, the Bronx and Brooklyn. They would work a certain areas. Getting on and off the trains in search of prey. Most of the victims were defenseless old people and women. The horrors got worst each year as the welfare spawn grew older. The wolf packs started at the age of thirteen and younger. There were three to five "kids" per pack hunting for money to "get fresh" (aka….buy new clothes).

    The whole fucking city was a death trap. Forty cab drivers a year were getting shot and killed. Finally they had plainclothes city cops as undercover cab drivers. That helped a little. The cabbies rode around in bullet proof cages with little slots to put the money through.

    No matter how broke I was during my "starving artist" days I never took a subway train. The streets were safer. I could get anywhere in a cab for a buck plus tip. I'd seen to much gruesome shit take place on the trains. They were also filled with winos and bums pissing and vomiting all over the place.

    It's nice to know that turnstile jumpers now get a ticket. The next great thing in the war on racism will be giving out tickets for purse snatchers and muggers. Rape convictions will only be a fifty dollar fine. Armed robbery will get some poor oppressed youth a seventy five dollar fine.

    By the way….Trump will be letting thousands of violent felon drug dealers out of jail. Maybe they can play football at some liberal college.

  6. Anonymous[] • Disclaimer says:

    The Pacific-Standard cites an argument from criminologists Joshua Hinkle and Sue-Ming Yang against the broken windows methodology as they wonder who decides what is an acceptable amount of litter or what is normal behavior in a neighborhood.

    “People with different demographic backgrounds and life experiences might react to the same environment in very different ways,” the Pacific-Standard reported. “Social disorder is a social construct, rather than a concrete phenomenon.”

    • Replies: @Anonymous
    @Anonymous

    https://aysps.gsu.edu/profile/joshua-conard-hinkle/

    Here's his page from his college in Georgia. Kinda funny that this guy's middle name could be pronounced "canard" since he seems full of it. PhD is just an acronym for "piled higher and deeper".

  7. Anonymous[] • Disclaimer says:

    Well, that's good news.

    From this day forward, no one should ever pay a fare in the city of New York. I'm speaking especially to white people because the blacks and browns do it already.

    Mo sense in footing the bill for someone else. If it's free for them it should be free for you as well.

    Same as any store that has a policy to not prosecute shoplifters, Once it is known, then they should be targeted and abused to the fullest.

    Refuse and resist being the one who gets stuck with the tab.

    Jim in Jersey

  8. Anonymous[] • Disclaimer says:

    I see this all the time. In fact, I have seen turnstile jumpers hop right over in front of the police who stationed not more ten feet away, checking people's bags. They look the other way. Taking a train in NYC is a descent into hell as it is – a cross between Tijuana and a homeless shelter.

  9. And as the bar gets lowered, behavior will continue to get worse.

  10. You might as well face it: laws only apply to White people.

  11. Too bad they can't jump turnstiles that end up sending them right back to South America or Africa……..

  12. So what other crimes will New York stop prosecuting because the majority of the perps aren't white? Mugging? Burglary? Rape? Drive-by shooting? They might as well just get rid of law enforcement altogether and allow themselves to descend once and for all into the island in "Lord of the Flies."

  13. I haven't been to NY or ridden its subways in many years and I have no intention of ever returning. The best part of being in NY was seeing it disappear behind me as I got out of town.

  14. Black privilege strikes again!!!

  15. Anonymous[] • Disclaimer says:

    I am an avid fan of SBPDL and read it everyday. The commentors are usually spot on and most, if not all, speak from life experiences of dealing with negroes. Educated by crime and disorder caused by the mud people the truth is exposed. For those interested in seeing how negro crime is destroying society and the failures of our justice system, not the police but via prosecutors and judges, check CWBCHICAGO.COM. Eye opening reporting.
    RickTen99

  16. Notice the "criminologist" paper starts out by saying how those evil segregationists were wrong about integrating schools being a bad idea. You guys just don't understand progress and respect cultural differences enough.

  17. Why don't they just remove all the turnstiles then they wouldn't have to complain that the white racists are trying to break black legs.

  18. "Crime is the new entitlement for black and brown people in what's left of the United States of America."
    If the FSA is entitled to commit crime, the rest of Us should be entitled to defend ourselves with no legal consequences.

  19. Anonymous[] • Disclaimer says:

    Okay white people, seems to me that with 89% of the turnstile jumpers being black and hispanic perhaps it's time to increase our share of the turnstile jumping pie.

    Get some exercise and think of it as part of a crossfit or gymnastic type move. Perhaps you can vault the turnstiles with your weaker arm on the way out and then your dominant arm on the way back.

    Since we have been given this gift it would be wise to use it to our advantage. Tourists and residents of "the rotten apple" can take the opportunity to show they are willing allies of diversity by yet again stealing something from minorities and appropriating their cultural contributions to the nation for our own pleasure.

  20. "Subway Policing In New York City Still Has A Race Problem"

    Than perhaps the problem race(s) should not have access to the subway system. Seems an easy fix to me, anyhow.

  21. I guess they're not allowed to set up the turnstiles so people can't just jump them or have it so you have to show your ticket to get past the security to get to the turnstiles.

  22. You might as well face it: laws only apply to White people.
    thats the way the left wants it to be…let the ferals breed..on Yts $.
    let them run, not wild, but all over civilization.

    that young congress person doesnt even know about the 3 branches..3 branches of congress???

  23. Anonymous[] • Disclaimer says:

    "Crime is the new entitlement for black and brown people in what's left of the United States of America, as white people fear being called a "racist" more than they do losing their civilization."

    Come on PK, I thought you were smarter than this! Crime isn't the new entitlement to these people, it is a major part of their culture. Crime is part and parcel to the black and brown experience, its their birthright! So don't go denigrating the hard fought efforts which people of color put in day after day. I think someone is a little jealous of the black and brown supremacy in the field of crime. 😉

  24. Anonymous[] • Disclaimer says:

    Turnstile jumping is simply a means of getting some exercise. Since white people don't let minorities have PE class, sportsball, public parks and have made it illegal for POC's to do calisthenics it stands to reason that turnstile jumping is necessary for the health and well-being of our hideously oppressed minorities.

    It reminds me of the slave days when black people had to push the subway cars for the evil white people who wore top hats and monocles. These evil whites would make the slaves push the subway cars past the Statue of Liberty (which slaves were forced to engineer and construct) while the evil white men in top hats would deride their status as slaves.

  25. @Anonymous
    The Pacific-Standard cites an argument from criminologists Joshua Hinkle and Sue-Ming Yang against the broken windows methodology as they wonder who decides what is an acceptable amount of litter or what is normal behavior in a neighborhood.

    “People with different demographic backgrounds and life experiences might react to the same environment in very different ways,” the Pacific-Standard reported. “Social disorder is a social construct, rather than a concrete phenomenon.”

    Replies: @Anonymous

    https://aysps.gsu.edu/profile/joshua-conard-hinkle/

    Here's his page from his college in Georgia. Kinda funny that this guy's middle name could be pronounced "canard" since he seems full of it. PhD is just an acronym for "piled higher and deeper".

  26. Anonymous[] • Disclaimer says:

    You're going to need a bigger turnstile. They make them full height.

    These existing turnstiles were built for an honest society. As whites get diversified out of existence, old assumptions like that have to change with the times.

    Using the law to try to fix it is kind of a cuck move because it just means you'll have to affirmative action hire a bunch of "cops" to stand around and (not) write tickets, tickets that are now basically unenforceable anyway. And those people will draw pensions for life. Better to use them in other parts of the system to (not) deter violent crime.

    Just get a bigger gate and be done with it.

  27. The Whirlpool complex in Louisville is fenced between parking lot and the buildings.  Turnstiles are the only pedestrian passageways through the fences.  These turnstiles are about 8 feet tall; there is no way to jump them.

    If turnstiles are being jumped, it's because somebody wants them jumped.

  28. Anonymous[] • Disclaimer says:

    Anonymous D-FENS said…
    Let NYC and other urban hell-holes choke on their own vomit.

    This is how I feel.

    NYC is where libs in their 20s go to be collectively stupid and delusional.

    It's also the home of globalist libertarian think tanks that espouse the "free market" as a solution to everything even though Liberia has been a capitalist country longer than Eastern Europe.

    Why would I care about how these two groups get to work? They are two groups of liars that deserve third world transportation experiences.

  29. Anonymous[] • Disclaimer says:

    Shooting Saturday near Austell Road becomes fatal; suspect sought

    Staff reports Nov 19 2018

    Cobb Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man suspected of fatally shooting a 25-year-old Jack Myles of Marietta Saturday evening near the intersection of Austell and Pat Mell roads.

    Cordale Jefferson, 27, of Marietta is wanted on charges of homicide-murder and aggravated assault following an investigation into the shooting, according to Officer Sarah O’Hara, spokesperson for Cobb Police. …

    Jefferson is described as a black male, approximately 5-foot-5 with a medium build. Jefferson has multiple tattoos including “BADAZZ” on his forehead, two teardrop tattoos under his left eye and a money bag tattoo under his right eye.

    Anyone with information is asked to contact the Cobb County Police Department’s Crimes Against Persons Unit at 770-499-3945.

    https://www.mdjonline.com/news/shooting-saturday-near-austell-road-becomes-fatal-suspect-sought/article_430efa6e-ec19-11e8-aaf4-23d283849e75.html

    Black male with BADAZZ plastered across his head?? That's an awfully broad description. Think of all the black males with BADAZZ tattooed across their foreheads who will be unjustly stopped and questioned by law enforcement.

  30. "Mr. Rational said…

    And as the bar gets lowered, behavior will continue to get worse."

    Lowering in one place means a testing of the limits will occur in others. Its as for children. If they can get away with one thing, then maybe they can get away with more things if no-one's stopping them.

  31. perhaps the problem race(s) should not have access to the subway system.

    A whole lot of problems would just disappear, wouldn't they?  Proof that "civil rights" wasn't righting a moral wrong, it was civilizational sabotage.

    These existing turnstiles were built for an honest society.

    As was our Constitution.  If non-Whites need something else, they have non-White countries just for that purpose.

  32. If you go by that criteria, all laws are rayciss, because the majority of all crimes are committed by blacks. Civilisation is rayciss. Because Booga Booga.

  33. My hope is that places such as New York and Washington D.C. make themselves so inviting to blacks and ‘refugees ‘ that they all move there. A virtual utopia of free stuff. Nothing off limits and the word ‘no’ doesn’t exist. Should be a rousing good time.

  34. For some reason, I'm reminded of a trip I took to Mt. Mitaka in Japan one time. Hordes of Japanese macaques had been causing tons of trouble in all the surrounding farming communities by launching raids on all the villages thereabout. Any time anyone tried to resist the raids, the entire horde of monkeys would freak out and start screeching, engaging in threat behaviors or actually attacking people. Finally, the authorities had had enough, rounded up all the monkeys and put in them in a large caged compound which then became a tourist attraction. Of course, there were only a couple of hundred monkeys- not millions as we have here in the USA. The monkeys in Japan were segregated and kept away from the human population so they couldn't cause trouble. Didn't we used to do that with ours?

    The real question for me is, when did negroes in the USA become like the sacred cows of India whom no one may interfere with no matter what they're doing? Did some wacky religious cult erupt while we weren't looking? It's a rhetorical question of course. Political correctness and snowflake cuckery is the new state religion and one mustn't upset their high priests or interfere with their sacred cows lest the whole mob becomes outraged and goes berserk.

    Shhh! They're listening! Don't set them off or they'll start screeching "Racist! Bigot! Xenophobe! Disparate impact! Intolerance!" as well as other sacred mantras of the cult. You don't want to be labelled a heretic! Shhhh! Shhhh! Hush!

  35. Anonymous [AKA "DannyBoy."] says:

    "It's obvious we are nearing the point where a municipality passes a law making it illegal for police to arrest black or brown people."

    Not a bad thing. We gotta get on with it sometime…

  36. Anonymous[] • Disclaimer says:

    de Blasio stated that there is “no evidence” fare evasion is a crime of poverty. His statement runs contrary to the MTA’s own research, which links increasing rates of fare evasion with low-income neighborhoods. According to the study, areas with high passenger traffic and areas of low income are the best indicators of where turnstile jumping happens most.

    That isn't evidence. You aren't measuring if they can afford the fare or not. You would also have to determine how often they could walk to their destination but choose to turn jump out of laziness. A crime of poverty implies desperation. Is this desperation or apathy? I'd bet on the latter.

    I hate de Blasio but he is correct here.

    What someone needs to do is setup a camera and record how many turn jumpers have brand new air jordans or the latest iphone.

  37. The soft bigotry of low expectations? No expectations?

  38. Back when Hillary was running for president in 2016, they did a big photo op piece with photos of her riding the NY subway. When she runs in 2020 will she jump the turnstiles, to show she's down with her homies in da hood?

  39. Anonymous[] • Disclaimer says:

    My hope is that places such as New York and Washington D.C. make themselves so inviting to blacks and ‘refugees ‘ that they all move there.

    Problem is that they will move away from those areas and bring their excuses with them.

    They eventually move back to whatever mid-west town from they are from and talk about how it's a shame that NYC doesn't have "good schools" unless they are private. They will blame this on Republicans not wanting to spend money even though NYC is ran by Democrats.

    NYC libs are hopeless. I remember when that SJW doctor came back from treating Ebloa patients and went out to eat. Only people outside NYC were upset. These idiots can't even comprehend a viral outbreak in a densely packed city.

  40. Anonymous[] • Disclaimer says:

    The definition of the word “racism” has been shifting slowly ever since the 60s. Originally a “racist” was just someone who treated others differently on the basis of race. Then, it became any action or speech that so much as mildly inconvenienced or hurt the feelings of the minority. By the 2010s, a racist was anyone who dared to notice that there was ANY difference between the behaviors of the races, no matter how small the difference.

    Today, “racism” consists of simply expecting minorities to behave like civilized human beings and then expressing even the slightest bit of disappointment or bitterness when they fail to live up to the humblest possible expectations for the trillionth time.

  41. Anonymous[] • Disclaimer says:

    Free stuff. The lifeblood of some folk. Around Christmas in Pittsburgh, there's a free toy giveaway for those in need. Last year, people who descended on the giveaway had some trouble with the Law. It appears many folk parked illegally and received very expensive parking tickets. They then were on the local news crying about the $100 plus fines. These people were driving large SUV's and made comments about going to the giveaway was a traditional for many. It seems to me if one can afford a Yukon or Escalade, even if not the current model, one can afford to buy their kids toys.

  42. 55
    Areas of Focus > Dr. Hinkle’s research interests include evidence-based policing, the disorder-crime nexus, fear of crime and experimental methods.
    Social Media

    Joshua Hinkle: Google Scholar

  43. Anonymous[] • Disclaimer says:

    The USA's taxpayers will have to pay for this. The majority of USA's taxpayers are the middle and lower class workers, who are majority White. Isn't this just great? We are forced to finance our own destruction! I'm done with this massive scam; Being Ethnic European (White) and being forced to pay the way for the non-Whites, I therefore demand that my tax dollars go to providing an alternate life in Africa – for all Africans in America who can not or do not want to fit in to life in Ethnic-European-White Civilization (about 80% of them; time to end one of the greatest lies of history: Ethnic Europeans (Whites) are genetically different than Africans; we are not meant to live together); same goes for and and all other non-Whites; days of Ethnic Europeans (Whites) paying for your ways – are going to end very soon.

  44. The working-man is a sucker in BRA

  45. Anonymous [AKA "announomous"] says: • Website

    I remember the subways cars of New York..every window was carved with some graffiti with sharp object not one window was sparred.

  46. every window was carved with some graffiti with sharp object

    The scratch-iti I recall from news reports of years ago.  The bane of store owners.  Such a pity that nobody's sold a sensor which can detect such vandalism in progress and catch images of the perps, for prosecution (or elimination).

    Also a pity that nobody has a machine to polish such things out, or fill them with plastic.

  47. There may as well be signs that say "If you're a minority, due to civil rights challenges and the inherent racism of subway fares you no longer have to pay the fare."

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