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Report: NYC Cops Arrested Men for ‘Manspreading’ on the Subway
National Review ^ | May 28, 2015 | Katherine Timpf

Posted on 05/30/2015 11:21:40 AM PDT by EveningStar

Smash the patriarchy!

New York police allegedly arrested two men for “manspreading” (sitting with their legs far apart) on the subway, according to a report entitled “That’s How They Get You” released by the Police Reform Organizing Project.

“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,” the report states.

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To: EveningStar

Do the transit police just arrest people they see sitting like this? I’m wondering, if they tell these guys to sit up straight, and they comply, doesn’t that solve the problem? Of course if the guys are belligerent, then all bets are off.


21 posted on 05/30/2015 11:46:14 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: momtothree

Come on. Stick to stereotypes. You know the black dude that’s sitting normal in picture 2 is better equipped than the girlyman in the leather jackets and shades that’s being a jerk.


22 posted on 05/30/2015 11:49:36 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: Sooth2222

I can help you out—it’s all races. What it isn’t is women.


23 posted on 05/30/2015 11:50:12 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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"and Death to America!"


24 posted on 05/30/2015 11:50:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: windcliff

Looks like the dude in picture 1 needs a billy stick right to the apex. That would draw him up closer.


25 posted on 05/30/2015 11:51:37 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

:)


26 posted on 05/30/2015 11:51:56 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: 9YearLurker

No woman spreading charges. Jeez, that’s descrimination.


27 posted on 05/30/2015 11:52:39 AM PDT by umgud (When under attack, victims want 2 things; God & a gun)
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To: 9YearLurker
..don’t see how anything short of arrests will change it....

It used to be NYC transit cops would tap a fellows like these on the side of the knees with a baton and tell them to close it up followed with a long stare. No need for an arrest or citation 99 out of a hundred times,

28 posted on 05/30/2015 11:56:34 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor

Do you know how rare it is for a transit cop to be riding in a car? The reality is they’re spreading all over the place, day and night. You have cars crammed with people standing such that more people can’t board—and these idiots blocking the seat on either side of them.

A ticket is in order.


29 posted on 05/30/2015 11:58:37 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: EveningStar

“You’re under arrest!”
“For what, officer?”
“’Man-spreading...it’s right here in Penal Code 123-43b’”


30 posted on 05/30/2015 11:58:58 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: Political Junkie Too

31 posted on 05/30/2015 12:02:44 PM PDT by stylin19a (obama = Eddie Mush)
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To: EveningStar

Well...most men should be arrested for showing any bulge. It’s disgusting and promotes certain “sexual” ideas. It would be better for the public and the “childrens” if these perverts where in jail./s


32 posted on 05/30/2015 12:03:06 PM PDT by Dallas59 (Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
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To: EveningStar

I’m a guy and “man spreaders” are downright creepy -— it’s as if I’m sitting next to some pervert who’s trying to feel me up with his knees. If I ever live in a “subway city” I’m gonna sew thumbtacks into my clothes to keep away the prrvert man spreader.


33 posted on 05/30/2015 12:05:15 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

We can’t start outlawing rudeness - and you’re right, it’s terribly rude. Maybe we need to teach our young ladies to speak up and tell the men to sit properly when in a public space..


34 posted on 05/30/2015 12:07:14 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: dp0622

Same here ROFL


35 posted on 05/30/2015 12:09:52 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: Political Junkie Too

Patriot Babe giggles


36 posted on 05/30/2015 12:10:44 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: stylin19a

ROFL ROFL OMG MY RIBS!!!


37 posted on 05/30/2015 12:12:37 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: EveningStar

This is terrible. I would not want to be a cop for anything. Common sense tells you not to take up more than one seat in a crowded public conveyance. That is rude; ungentlemanly.

Wait until they start after mothers taking, up space with bags strollers and such.

This is why I despise cities. It’s always something and overcrowding with the border wide open is only going to get worse. Crime, creepiness, disease, stench, filth...


38 posted on 05/30/2015 12:12:59 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: EveningStar

I hate to see what they would do with Womenspreading


39 posted on 05/30/2015 12:13:49 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: windcliff

His dreamboy’s on his shirt.


40 posted on 05/30/2015 12:17:01 PM PDT by onedoug
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