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Originally Posted by Gpsma
I was never a big fan of stop and frisk. It sorta smacked at some Nazi saying “papers please”. Yes, it did catch some bad guys and got guns off the streets but it also interfered with good people, minding their business, being frisked. Remember reading about one NYPD cop with an unusual shift who was stopped almost weekly walking home at 3am.
Stop and frisk was only one tool in Guilianis approach. The most significant one was to go after minor crime…turnstile jumping, squeegee guys and vandalism.
DiBlasio is separating not getting divorced. Still living together but seeing others. Yep, that should work out real well!
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I used to jump the turnstiles sometimes when I lived in Boston. I had a T-pass. But once in awhile - you're just approaching the turnstile and you can hear the sub car coming - you're holding your guitar case in one hand, and the flap of your purse is making it hard to find the pass so - just hop on over. I also would always check at Harvard Square, because sometimes the turnstiles weren't clicking in place properly and you could pull it back a click, and it'd let you go through - no charge!
The squeegee guys in NYC are the scourge of the city though. Oy vey.