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That works - NYC tried to crack down on “unlicensed taxis” when Uber first arrived, so the Port Authority started seizing and towing the cars of people making d
by zxcvbn4038 5y ago
That works - NYC tried to crack down on “unlicensed taxis” when Uber first arrived, so the Port Authority started seizing and towing the cars of people making drop offs at Airports. It was completely arbitrary - if the PA officer didn’t think the people looked enough alike, then the assumption was that it was an illegal taxi. So interracial families, helpful neighbors, etc could all end up being ticketed and their vehicles seized and towed. The sheer idiocy of the whole situation started making the front page of the NY post and a couple weeks later the practice was dropped.
- rbanffy 5y agoThis is the worst aspect of laws that are overly broad and turn everyone into criminals: it’s then up to the police to choose when and where to enforce the law. Do we need to wonder why interracial families were targeted?