From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 7:28:25 PM UTC-4, danny burstein wrote:   
      
   > background: Big FFFEEAAR campaign claiming that Fare Evaders   
   > On The Subway are   
   >   
   > a: SCARY   
   > b: Ripping off the system costing everyone else plenty   
   > c: and ain't just the poor folk who can't afford the fare   
   >   
   > So... the Transit Cops and their enablers and fellow fear mongerers   
   > showed a video clip of a turnstyle evader holding her cup of   
   > designer coffee.   
   >   
   > While I certainly call out The Tabloid of Record when they pull   
   > bumdass stupid shit (well, the NY Post alternates with the WSJ   
   > as Murdoch's Pride and Joy), gotta give them credit here:   
   >   
   > [NY Post]   
   >   
   > MTA selectively edited footage of 'latte-sipping' fare beater   
   >   
   > A video that claims to show a "latte-sipping" Yuppy committing fare evasion   
   by   
   > sneaking under a turnstile was selectively edited by the MTA's communications   
   > team.   
   >   
   > According to a full clip of the incident obtained by The Post, the customer   
   > made at least one attempt to swipe her MetroCard before being forced to crawl   
   > under the turnstile.   
      
   I've had to do that several times at 42 St -- Eighth Ave. Many swipes,   
   "swipe again" then "just used." So I walk through the exit gate that's   
   always open.   
      
   They haven't distributed Senior cards for the new system yet. Does it   
   work any bettr?   
      
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