Over the near decade I was a public defender, a common refrain from people I represented was: “I feel trapped, imprisoned in my own neighborhood. On my own street. Scared to walk down my own block.” The “omnipresence” of police is violent & traumatic. Makes people feel unsafe.
https://twitter.com/jeffcmays/status/1479162533579829253
Cops already omnipresent on subway. Last year, NYC hired *500 more.* There were already 4000. $245 million/yr. They mostly target Black people for jumping the turnstile. Fail to prevent crime. Instead of investing in free/affordable public transportation. gothamist.com/news/500-more-…
This is what “omnipresent” subway policing looks like. NYPD surround woman selling churros. Crying. Telling her she stops or get arrested. Trying to talk to them in Spanish. Rolling their eyes. Lead out in cuffs. Cart taken away. This is police violence.
This is what “omnipresent” policing on subway normally looks like. They exact violence & mayhem on the subways. Here, maskless NYPD cops pushed a man out of the subway after he asked them to wear masks. One of so many examples.
This is what “omnipresent” policing on the subway normally looks like. Arresting, attacking, grabbing, & punching a man without a home. From May 2021:
This is what you get when you view public health & safety only through a carceral lens: An army of an cops, arrest & cuffs, fingerprints & cages because a single young Black man couldn’t afford $2.75 for a subway ride. What if we: Paid his fare?
https://twitter.com/davidgeorge265/status/1185663095932362752?s=21
“Williams spent countless nights over 2 decades sleeping on the subway. Left him w/ a stack of $50 tickets he has no way to pay off.” We pay NYPD $494 million to police transit instead of investing in affordable housing. nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-mt…
I count 5 NYPD grabbing, pushing, & cuffing this man for not obeying social distancing rules because it’s impossible on the Subway platform.
“Officers were pointing guns into the subway. Some yelled in horror as they squeezed together on either end of the car. Adrian kept his hands in the air & asked officers whether he should stay in the seat or lie on the floor.“Call my mom,” He told someone. washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10…
This is what “omnipresent” policing on the subway already looks like. In the height of the pandemic. Arrested for moving between subway cars.
https://twitter.com/scotthech/status/1239410067549696004?s=21
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