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>frequently, if not always When you're making sweeping generalizations and arguing in near absolutes, citations are very much needed.
by noptd 4y ago
>frequently, if not always
When you're making sweeping generalizations and arguing in near absolutes, citations are very much needed.
- dghlsakjg 4y agoCheck out the statistics farther down this page from the campaign that pushed for the law change. https://www.calbike.org/freedom-to-walk-campaign/ https://www.calbike.org/freedom-to-walk-campaign/ Black people are 4.3x more likely to be stopped and ticketed for jaywalking than the white population as a whole in San Diego, and 3x - 3.7x more likely to be stopped in LA (depending on where). These discrepancies, and use of the jaywalking rules as a targeting mechanism, were one of the very reasons for the change in law that this thread is discussing.
- refurb 4y agoI see nothing about rates of jaywalking tickets, just racial comparisons (done quite crudely as well). How many actual jaywalking citations are given? That would be a good place to start?
- dghlsakjg 4y agoYou’re right. I misspoke. Black people are only 400% more likely to be stopped than whites for jaywalking. Ticketing is not mentioned. Wouldn’t that statistic still support my assertion that jaywalking is used as a pretext to harass certain populations?