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Sunday, May 19, 2013

PUBLIC TRANSIT PREYS ON THE NATIONS POOR

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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