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Potentially, but literally no one ever gets yanked for jaywalking. I used to live right down the street from MIT and all sorts of sketchy people stumble their w
by jghn 10y ago
Potentially, but literally no one ever gets yanked for jaywalking. I used to live right down the street from MIT and all sorts of sketchy people stumble their way across streets whenever they feel like it, and that neighborhood has a decent police presence.
The original point is still valid, it was just a bad example. No one gets cited for jaywalking here.
- mcguire 10y agoI didn't realize MIT was located in a lower-income, minority neighborhood.
- jghn 10y agoIt's right across the street from one, actually. It also borders Central Square which is home to a lot of derelicts. Things are more gentrified now than they were even 10-15 years ago but the Jaywalking thing has been around for 30ish years.
- runamok 10y agoOne time while walking back from a bar in my mid 20s I ran across a street in front of a police cruiser as the light was yellow and they exerted their power by hassling me and telling my friends to watch out for me. This was Fullerton, CA and I am a short white guy with a shaved head. You may think they were watching out for me but there was significant belligerence. The point is they enforce whatever, whenever. There are far too many laws and they are very unevenly enforced.