The NYPD Spent $150 Million to Catch Farebeaters Who Cost the MTA $104,000 - eviltoast
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    8 months ago

    How the fuck are more cops playing Pokemon GO at the entrance to the subway gonna stop any of that? The trains are entirely unsecured. Once you get past the entrance you’re on fuckin Pandora from Borderlands.

    In fact, cops give such few fucks that one guy was stabbed in front of a cop on the subway and took the cop’s inaction to the Supreme Court, who ruled that police have no duty to protect you. RadioLab covered it.

    As for appropriation of funds, most stations are in a constant state of disrepair. The majority of them are not accessible, and only like two stations out of hundreds have safety rails on the platform. The trains also seem to catch on fire or derail every other day. There are plenty other things the MTA could do with $150M to actually make the subways safe. We need elevators more than we need cops.