From: mrbrklyn@panix.com   
      
   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?   
      
   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-o   
   -latte-sipping-farebeater/   
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   > Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key   
   >                     dannyb@panix.com   
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