[Behind Liberal Lines]

They won't enforce drug laws, but will arrest people for jaywalking.

[glennaro]

We’ll soon need #jaywalkerslivesmatter ...

[Paulie]

The communists of Ithaca are getting what they deserve. But I’m sure they’ll never realize it.

[posterchild]

Won’t this damage the police’s relationship with the jaywalking community? They will be limited to jaywalking in the shadows.

[b4its2late]

The city must need the cash.

[MNDude]

Good. Jaywalkers are jerks. Minneapolis is full of jaywalkers, all have a chip on their shoulder. They’ll just start walk slowly across a busy street with a scowl on their faces as if daring you to say something.

[bgill]

Thank goodness there are no major crimes in Ithaca that need attention.

[gigster]

If they jay-walk while chewing gum, is it a ticketable offense?

[suthener]

I got a ticket in San Diego once for jaywalking. Didn’t even know what it was. In nowhere Alabama we didn’t have many crosswalks.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I wonder if this will apply the next time BLM stands in the middle of the street, stopping traffic for hours, in Ithaca.

[faucetman]

To be fair, there have been a number of pedestrians KILLED recently by automobiles.

While not the highest crime priority, drawing attention to the safe and legal way to cross the streets, can’t hurt. I’m sure it will be a temporary use of extra officers.

I understand that it is a little like gun laws, in that criminals might stop committing murder because they will get punished for a gun law.

Pedestrians will obey crossing laws for fear of getting a ticket, yet they are not afraid of being killed by breaking them.

Hey, it is what liberals do.

For drivers, remember, if you hit a jaywalker in a “bicycle lane”, you will get life in prison without possibility of parole. /s

You will be allowed temporary medical release to participate in the “Safe Shooting Gallery” program where you can get free needles and a “safe” environment to shoot up your drugs. If you cannot afford your drugs, they will be provided for you. /s

[trebb]

Unless they happen to be violent BLM protesters - then they will be protected by the cops because the illegal violence outweighs the minor jaywalking "crime".

I can picture a white dude running from some BLM dudes out to smack him around and get stopped and ticketed for jaywalking then being turned loose into the BLM's hands for the much deserved beating...

[Jack Hydrazine]

But what if you moonwalk across the street?

[AZLiberty]

Michael Brown,
Stay out of town.

If he were still alive, he wouldn’t be welcome in Ithaca.

[metmom]

If they’d go after the DRIVERS, the lives of the pedestrians would be safer.

[TexasTransplant]

YEP! That will do it!