Posted on 05/31/2015 3:53:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The NYPD has found a new Broken Windows crime, and it's being a man and taking up too much room on the subway. The feminists win again!
Gothamist writes that according to a new Police Reform Organizing Project report:
On a recent visit to the arraignment part in Brooklyns criminal court, PROP volunteers observed that police officers had arrested two Latino men on the charge of "man spreading" on the subway, presumably because they were taking up more than one seat and therefore inconveniencing other riders. Before issuing an [adjournment contemplating dismissal] for both men, the judge expressed her skepticism about the charge because of the time of the arrests: "12:11AM, I can't believe there were many people on the subway"
Still, the judge issued an "ACD," or adjournment in contemplation of dismissal, which means the charges will be dismissed if the defendants don't get arrested in the near future. Never mind the fact that the MTA considers manspreading more an etiquette faux pas than a crime: Gothamist points out that it's against the MTA code of conduct to "occupy more than one seat when to do so would interfere or tend to interfere with the comfort of other passengers," but it's highly doubtful the train was actually crowded after midnight.
Hey, Tom Hanks, you better watch out! Ha-ha, nah, you're white.
Anything can get you arrested today, My FRiend.
Nobody cares that the charges were dropped, only in that you were arrested.
Sounds like grounds for a wrongful arrest suit.
Another law whose intention it is to give the police an excuse to arrest and harass citizens.
There isn’t even a law.
You’re on a roll today, Mikey.
What about woman spreading? Are there complaints? Do they get arrested?
Are we to believe that NO women spread their legs on the subway?
This is such a stupid topic. The only reason “manspreading” is a thing at all is that people are so incredibly rude and inconsiderate these days.
Unless a person is enormous, he or she does not need to occupy more than one filthy, uncomfortable public transportation seat. Unless a man has elephantiasis, the space needs of his genitals do not require more than one seat.
When a conveyance is sparsely used, riders’ persons or stuff can occupy more than one seat. If it is full, then nobody should have to be asked to constrict his or her personal space usage to the minimum. It goes without saying that this is what decent people do.
Thanks I had this one “pre-made” ...having posted it on the first Manspreading Thread, maybe yesterday!
Obies My Hero ya know!!
Did you really think we want those laws observed?” said Dr. Ferris. “We want them to be broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against... We’re after power and we mean it... There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system, Mr. Reardon, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.
Good one! :-)
In Zder0’s case, he doesn’t have to worry about having any balls that need scratching...
Thank you!
Manspreading might not work in obies case..
Boyspreading maybe,,manspreading ,. nope
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