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[-] criitz@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago

Has anyone actually been charged with jaywalking in the past 50 years tho? I've never heard of anyone giving a shit in any town or city I've been to in the US

[-] lewdian69@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

"New York City's jaywalking laws may seem obsolete, but the NYPD still tickets hundreds of people a year for the violation." This JUST ended and jaywalking was made legal in NYC in October 2024. However this is a single city example. Jaywalking is still illegal and ticketed throughout the US. Especially if vagrancy laws were already removed, it's a nice loop hole for cops to be able to harass homeless.

[-] criitz@reddthat.com 3 points 1 month ago

Ah, I must be too not-homeless, cuz that's not my experience in NYC. Just another tool for oppression of undesirables then.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[-] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

That's someone being shot for being black. Were there no jaywalking law, the cops would have found another excuse

[-] chocosoldier 2 points 1 month ago

in my experience it depends on your skin tone. if you're white there's no such thing as jaywalking.

[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

I'm in the Netherlands, I'm not bothered

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