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Manspreading Can Get You Arrested
New York Magazine ^ | 5/28/2015 | Jessica Roy

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 Brooklyn’s 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.


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1 posted on 05/31/2015 3:53:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Anything can get you arrested today, My FRiend.


2 posted on 05/31/2015 3:54:33 PM PDT by sport
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comeon....thats one of obie's secret hobbies




3 posted on 05/31/2015 3:59:46 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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Nobody cares that the charges were dropped, only in that you were arrested.
Sounds like grounds for a wrongful arrest suit.


4 posted on 05/31/2015 4:02:12 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (Hillary:polarizing/calculating/disingenuous/insincere/ambitious/inevitable/entitled/overconfident/se)
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To: nickcarraway
Proper homosexual way to sit as the fruit third from the left demonstrates


5 posted on 05/31/2015 4:03:15 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: sport

Another law whose intention it is to give the police an excuse to arrest and harass citizens.


6 posted on 05/31/2015 4:04:09 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (A free society canÂ’t let the parameters of its speech be set by murderous extremists.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

There isn’t even a law.


7 posted on 05/31/2015 4:06:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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8 posted on 05/31/2015 4:06:35 PM PDT by RedMDer (Keep Free Republic Alive with YOUR Donations!)
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You’re on a roll today, Mikey.


9 posted on 05/31/2015 4:07:19 PM PDT by PROCON (CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
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What about woman spreading? Are there complaints? Do they get arrested?


10 posted on 05/31/2015 4:08:05 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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Are we to believe that NO women spread their legs on the subway?


11 posted on 05/31/2015 4:09:35 PM PDT by CMailBag
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Yep. Somebody needs to post that famous quote from Atlas Shrugged.
12 posted on 05/31/2015 4:13:36 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: sport
You ain't kidding.

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13 posted on 05/31/2015 4:13:55 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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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.


14 posted on 05/31/2015 4:17:53 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Rant off.)
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Thanks I had this one “pre-made” ...having posted it on the first Manspreading Thread, maybe yesterday!

Obies My Hero ya know!!


15 posted on 05/31/2015 4:20:15 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Vigilanteman

“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.”


16 posted on 05/31/2015 4:21:32 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (A free society canÂ’t let the parameters of its speech be set by murderous extremists.)
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Good one! :-)


17 posted on 05/31/2015 4:22:09 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

In Zder0’s case, he doesn’t have to worry about having any balls that need scratching...


18 posted on 05/31/2015 4:22:24 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
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To: COBOL2Java

Thank you!


19 posted on 05/31/2015 4:22:51 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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Manspreading might not work in obies case..

Boyspreading maybe,,manspreading ,. nope


20 posted on 05/31/2015 4:24:38 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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