At the hearing, a woman angrily spoke about metro police’s
manhandling of poor people who were caught without a ticket. She said
that one could be charged $250 for not being able to pay $2.50 for a
ride. Metro considers riding without a valid pass a criminal act which
can be punished by a citation and fine up to $1,000, and/or arrest and
imprisonment in the county jail. (And I thought Trimet was bad)
It is telling that while none of the financial parasites who caused
the 2008 financial crisis—acknowledged by Metro Transit's General
Manager as the direct cause of the transportation woes—have spent a
single day in jail, but have had their wealth restored to pre-recession
levels, a poor man caught without a ticket is punished to the full
extent of the law.
Seattle: Hundreds condemn Metro Transit service cuts - World Socialist Web Site
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