While most of the issues raised by the article are entirely valid, I did notice one point with which I have to take issue: Flick a cigarette in a heavily patro

While most of the issues raised by the article are entirely valid, I did notice one point with which I have to take issue: Flick a cigarette in a heavily patrolled community of color and you’re littering Cigarette butts are litter, and there's the only reason I can think of for treating them differently from other forms of litter is that they're often burning when discarded and have the potential to start fires. Unlike many of the other behaviors cited as criminalizing poverty, this one is entirely voluntary. It is not, in any way a necessary consequence of being poor.