DC council to hold hearings on decriminalizing fare evasion on the Metro.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shout out to D.C. Council Member Trayon White who introduced the bill in July aimed at decriminalizing fare evasion on Metro, arguing there were better uses of police resources and that harsh penalties for fare evaders do little public good.

Trayon wants to inherit the old Marion Barry base -- the folks who have frequent run ins with the criminal justice system.

Birds of a feather flock together as the saying goes.

And?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shout out to D.C. Council Member Trayon White who introduced the bill in July aimed at decriminalizing fare evasion on Metro, arguing there were better uses of police resources and that harsh penalties for fare evaders do little public good.

Trayon wants to inherit the old Marion Barry base -- the folks who have frequent run ins with the criminal justice system.

And?

Losers kiss up to losers.

[Anonymous]

I wonder why crime is high?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder why crime is high?

A huge part of the problem is that our courts are a revolving door especially the pathetic joke that is our juvie system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shout out to D.C. Council Member Trayon White who introduced the bill in July aimed at decriminalizing fare evasion on Metro, arguing there were better uses of police resources and that harsh penalties for fare evaders do little public good.

Trayon wants to inherit the old Marion Barry base -- the folks who have frequent run ins with the criminal justice system.

And?

Losers kiss up to losers.

He’s on the DC Council how is he a loser?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder why crime is high?

A huge part of the problem is that our courts are a revolving door especially the pathetic joke that is our juvie system.

Crackdown hard maga

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder why crime is high?

A huge part of the problem is that our courts are a revolving door especially the pathetic joke that is our juvie system.

Crackdown hard maga

+1 Mandatory minimums for meth maga

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Shout out to the Save Our System Campaign for their efforts to decriminalize fare evasion.

More like Save Our Local Criminal Element.

The broken window rule is that if police don't sweat the small stuff, the public feels powerless in the face of lawlessness and criminals feel more empowered to commit more serious crimes.

What the proposed legislation would do is make fare jumping the equivalent of a parking ticket, a speeding ticket or a red light ticket. From a resource allocation standpoint, I am not sure I see the problem. Are people saying that fare jumping is more "criminal" than speeding or running a red light?

I don't drive but I'm assuming that with enough tickets you are not allowed on the road. Would it be so with fare jumpers? how many tickets before you are banned?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shout out to the Save Our System Campaign for their efforts to decriminalize fare evasion.

More like Save Our Local Criminal Element.

The broken window rule is that if police don't sweat the small stuff, the public feels powerless in the face of lawlessness and criminals feel more empowered to commit more serious crimes.

What the proposed legislation would do is make fare jumping the equivalent of a parking ticket, a speeding ticket or a red light ticket. From a resource allocation standpoint, I am not sure I see the problem. Are people saying that fare jumping is more "criminal" than speeding or running a red light?

I don't drive but I'm assuming that with enough tickets you are not allowed on the road. Would it be so with fare jumpers? how many tickets before you are banned?

Parking and red light camera tickets differ from other citations in that they are issued to the owner of the vehicle, regardless of who is driving the vehicle at the time of the violation. For this reason, they do not carry points, and you can't get your license suspended for that. DC is trying to make fare evasion the equivalent of a parking ticket or a red light camera ticket. Why should jumping a turnstile be punished so much more harshly with a criminal penalty than running a red light, which just earns a fine? You can do far more harm to others running a red light .

[Anonymous]

Great. Let’s implant every student in DC, or at least anyone who’s ever had a run in with juvenile justice, with an RFID tag. Then, just like red light cameras on car plates, we can fine every fare evader. Then the police can concentrate on other issues, comfortable that technology and fines will address the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shout out to the Save Our System Campaign for their efforts to decriminalize fare evasion.

More like Save Our Local Criminal Element.

The broken window rule is that if police don't sweat the small stuff, the public feels powerless in the face of lawlessness and criminals feel more empowered to commit more serious crimes.

What the proposed legislation would do is make fare jumping the equivalent of a parking ticket, a speeding ticket or a red light ticket. From a resource allocation standpoint, I am not sure I see the problem. Are people saying that fare jumping is more "criminal" than speeding or running a red light?

I don't drive but I'm assuming that with enough tickets you are not allowed on the road. Would it be so with fare jumpers? how many tickets before you are banned?

Parking and red light camera tickets differ from other citations in that they are issued to the owner of the vehicle, regardless of who is driving the vehicle at the time of the violation. For this reason, they do not carry points, and you can't get your license suspended for that. DC is trying to make fare evasion the equivalent of a parking ticket or a red light camera ticket. Why should jumping a turnstile be punished so much more harshly with a criminal penalty than running a red light, which just earns a fine? You can do far more harm to others running a red light .

What if an officer sees you run the light? What happens then? I'm not sure how a camera will catch metro fare jumpers and send a ticket to the home.
Does your insurance go up? I'm thinking there is more of a disincentive than you are making out.

There's a point at which someone who disregards the laws around a service shouldn't be allowed to use the service, as who knows what other laws they are disregarding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shout out to the Save Our System Campaign for their efforts to decriminalize fare evasion.

More like Save Our Local Criminal Element.

The broken window rule is that if police don't sweat the small stuff, the public feels powerless in the face of lawlessness and criminals feel more empowered to commit more serious crimes.

What the proposed legislation would do is make fare jumping the equivalent of a parking ticket, a speeding ticket or a red light ticket. From a resource allocation standpoint, I am not sure I see the problem. Are people saying that fare jumping is more "criminal" than speeding or running a red light?

I don't drive but I'm assuming that with enough tickets you are not allowed on the road. Would it be so with fare jumpers? how many tickets before you are banned?

Parking and red light camera tickets differ from other citations in that they are issued to the owner of the vehicle, regardless of who is driving the vehicle at the time of the violation. For this reason, they do not carry points, and you can't get your license suspended for that. DC is trying to make fare evasion the equivalent of a parking ticket or a red light camera ticket. Why should jumping a turnstile be punished so much more harshly with a criminal penalty than running a red light, which just earns a fine? You can do far more harm to others running a red light .

What if an officer sees you run the light? What happens then? I'm not sure how a camera will catch metro fare jumpers and send a ticket to the home.
Does your insurance go up? I'm thinking there is more of a disincentive than you are making out.

There's a point at which someone who disregards the laws around a service shouldn't be allowed to use the service, as who knows what other laws they are disregarding.

If we did that there'd be no rush hour because most of the drivers would be off the road.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shout out to the Save Our System Campaign for their efforts to decriminalize fare evasion.

More like Save Our Local Criminal Element.

The broken window rule is that if police don't sweat the small stuff, the public feels powerless in the face of lawlessness and criminals feel more empowered to commit more serious crimes.

What the proposed legislation would do is make fare jumping the equivalent of a parking ticket, a speeding ticket or a red light ticket. From a resource allocation standpoint, I am not sure I see the problem. Are people saying that fare jumping is more "criminal" than speeding or running a red light?

I don't drive but I'm assuming that with enough tickets you are not allowed on the road. Would it be so with fare jumpers? how many tickets before you are banned?

Parking and red light camera tickets differ from other citations in that they are issued to the owner of the vehicle, regardless of who is driving the vehicle at the time of the violation. For this reason, they do not carry points, and you can't get your license suspended for that. DC is trying to make fare evasion the equivalent of a parking ticket or a red light camera ticket. Why should jumping a turnstile be punished so much more harshly with a criminal penalty than running a red light, which just earns a fine? You can do far more harm to others running a red light .

What if an officer sees you run the light? What happens then? I'm not sure how a camera will catch metro fare jumpers and send a ticket to the home.
Does your insurance go up? I'm thinking there is more of a disincentive than you are making out.

There's a point at which someone who disregards the laws around a service shouldn't be allowed to use the service, as who knows what other laws they are disregarding.

If we did that there'd be no rush hour because most of the drivers would be off the road.

+1. There's no use in criminalizing non-criminal behavior like fare evasion. It's a crime of poverty most of the time. Jailing people for that is too harsh, particularly when other crimes that can be more dangerous (like running a red light) are just fined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shout out to the Save Our System Campaign for their efforts to decriminalize fare evasion.

More like Save Our Local Criminal Element.

The broken window rule is that if police don't sweat the small stuff, the public feels powerless in the face of lawlessness and criminals feel more empowered to commit more serious crimes.

What the proposed legislation would do is make fare jumping the equivalent of a parking ticket, a speeding ticket or a red light ticket. From a resource allocation standpoint, I am not sure I see the problem. Are people saying that fare jumping is more "criminal" than speeding or running a red light?

I don't drive but I'm assuming that with enough tickets you are not allowed on the road. Would it be so with fare jumpers? how many tickets before you are banned?

Parking and red light camera tickets differ from other citations in that they are issued to the owner of the vehicle, regardless of who is driving the vehicle at the time of the violation. For this reason, they do not carry points, and you can't get your license suspended for that. DC is trying to make fare evasion the equivalent of a parking ticket or a red light camera ticket. Why should jumping a turnstile be punished so much more harshly with a criminal penalty than running a red light, which just earns a fine? You can do far more harm to others running a red light .

What if an officer sees you run the light? What happens then? I'm not sure how a camera will catch metro fare jumpers and send a ticket to the home.
Does your insurance go up? I'm thinking there is more of a disincentive than you are making out.

There's a point at which someone who disregards the laws around a service shouldn't be allowed to use the service, as who knows what other laws they are disregarding.

If we did that there'd be no rush hour because most of the drivers would be off the road.

+1. There's no use in criminalizing non-criminal behavior like fare evasion. It's a crime of poverty most of the time. Jailing people for that is too harsh, particularly when other crimes that can be more dangerous (like running a red light) are just fined.

Crime of poverty? Give me a break!

You should see some of the expensive basketball shoes and jackets that these ”impoverished” Law breakers are wearing. Unless they stole them just like the transportation services that they steal.

[Anonymous]

Not just students affected by criminalization...