▲ 899 ▼ The NYPD Spent $150 Million to Catch Farebeaters Who Cost the MTA $104,000 (hellgatenyc.com) submitted 2 years ago by flyingsheep@lemmyhub.com to c/news@lemmy.world 138 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 80 points 2 years ago (1 child) Citations Needed did an episode about this. "Fare evasion" crackdown is a bullshit excuse to beef up cops and redirect public attention permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* I feel like you can make that case about sooo many 'crackdowns' because of the way crime statistics and reporting is done in America. But if that was true we'd eventually have declining violence rates in the face of over militarized police where the media focuses on spectacles of violence to justify the spendings. Good thing thats not what's happening right now /s. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* I feel like you can make that case about sooo many 'crackdowns' because of the way crime statistics and reporting is done in America. But if that was true we'd eventually have declining violence rates in the face of over militarized police where the media focuses on spectacles of violence to justify the spendings. Good thing thats not what's happening right now /s. permalink fedilink source parent