From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 2:31:43 AM UTC-4, Ruben Safir wrote:   
      
   > I don't know what shit you are reading, and this post you laid bare is   
   > incomprehendable   
   >   
   > But your a full blow IDIOT not to see that the majority of people   
   > are not paying the fair and the situation is far worst in communities   
   > like Harlem, like the 3 train depo for example, where barely anyone is   
   > paying the fare even as cops look on.   
   >   
   > Should I capture video for you and post it?   
      
   Our occasional troll doesn't know the meaning of "majority."   
      
   Or not to top-post.   
      
   > Because that won't be any problem.   
   > 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.   
   > >   
   > > The short clip has been repeatedly referenced by MTA leaders to claim that   
   > > ordinary commuters also take part in illegal and antisocial behavior on the   
   > > train.   
   > >   
   > > "We have countless images of people in designer clothes, carrying $7   
   lattes,   
   > > waltzing through emergency gates at Wall Street or on the Upper East   
   Side," MTA   
   > > CEO Janno Lieber claimed during an April 26 speech to the Association for a   
   > > Better New York.   
   > > .....   
   > > "They are outraged and demoralized when they see people who are better   
   off, as   
   > > I say, carrying $7 lattes -- and we have this on video -- waltzing through   
   the   
   > > emergency exit gates," Lieber said.   
   > > ....   
   > > In response to a Post reporter questioning whether such a video exists, MTA   
   > > Communications Director Tim Minton tweeted a 7-second cut of footage dated   
   Nov.   
   > > 2018 of what he described as a "latte-carrying [rider] ducking their fare   
   share   
   > > like this one."   
   > > ....   
   > > But a longer, 14-second cut of the video -- which the MTA shared on   
   Tuesday in   
   > > response to an inquiry from The Post -- showed the alleged thief clearly   
   > > attempting to swipe her MetroCard before ducking under the turnstile.   
   > > ======   
   > > rest, including the video:   
   > > https://nypost.com/2022/06/01/mta-selectively-edited-footage   
   of-latte-sipping-farebeater/   
      
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