Has anyone actually been charged with jaywalking in the past 50 years tho? I’ve never heard of anyone giving a shit in any town or city I’ve been to in the US
“New York City’s jaywalking laws may seem obsolete, but the NYPD still tickets hundreds of people a year for the violation.”
This JUST ended and jaywalking was made legal in NYC in October 2024. However this is a single city example. Jaywalking is still illegal and ticketed throughout the US. Especially if vagrancy laws were already removed, it’s a nice loop hole for cops to be able to harass homeless.
Has anyone actually been charged with jaywalking in the past 50 years tho? I’ve never heard of anyone giving a shit in any town or city I’ve been to in the US
“New York City’s jaywalking laws may seem obsolete, but the NYPD still tickets hundreds of people a year for the violation.” This JUST ended and jaywalking was made legal in NYC in October 2024. However this is a single city example. Jaywalking is still illegal and ticketed throughout the US. Especially if vagrancy laws were already removed, it’s a nice loop hole for cops to be able to harass homeless.
Ah, I must be too not-homeless, cuz that’s not my experience in NYC. Just another tool for oppression of undesirables then.
https://nypost.com/2021/02/18/new-video-shows-cops-shot-black-man-after-jaywalking-stop/
That’s someone being shot for being black. Were there no jaywalking law, the cops would have found another excuse
I’m in the Netherlands, I’m not bothered
in my experience it depends on your skin tone. if you’re white there’s no such thing as jaywalking.