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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who is saying that it would be racist? The linked article makes no mention of such opposition.[/quote]
https://ggwash.org/view/amp/69171[/quote]

This is from 2018 dimwit.[/quote]
I think you should go see a therapist. Also, if this issue is so important to you perhaps you could just educate yourself. All you need is Google.

DC decriminalized fare evasion in 2019 based on pressure from transit advocates like GGW that enforcement was racist.

2019-2022 WMATA was fully fair optional.

In fall 2022, due to growing public uproar, WMATA tried to step up fare enforcement on Metrorail but got significant pushback from civil rights groups and lawyers. So WMATA decided to install those plastic gates. 
https://www.wusa9.com/article/traffic/mission-metro/metro-to-issue-fines-fare-evasion/65-07f0a0ae-7f5b-40ae-9077-ccb97bc9d0b1

In 2023, DC changed the law to reinstate as minor penalties as possible. But more importantly to give WMATA power to enforce fare evasion again. Here is what Brooke Pinto had to say:

“It’s important to acknowledge how we got here and where we are, as we pursue the careful balancing that this bill attempts to get right. The council had justifiable reasons for wanting to decriminalize fare evasion, given the racial inequity and how fare evasion has been enforced. Recognizing those issues, the bill allows for only a very limited expansion of fare evasion enforcement.”
https://dcist.com/story/23/10/11/dc-council-hearing-fare-evasion-bill/

So yes, as WMATA expands fare enforcement to Metrobus racial justice is and has been a big part of the story.

Or you can just keep clowning yourself. [/quote]

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