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Protesters march against aggressive policing in the NYC subway following violent arrest of fare-jumper

Social action Yesterday
Protesters took to the streets and subway to call for a stop to increased policing for turnstile jumpers. Demonstrators say that these transit police disproportionately target people of color and the poor. Friday's protests stem from a recent arrest in which several officers stormed a subway car with guns drawn to arrest a teenager who beat a fare.
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· 15 hours ago

WATCH: Protesters rally around Adrian Napier, the 19-year-old man who was arrested by a dozen police officers inside a subway car. The NYPD says they were responding to a gun alert, but protesters say this is another act of racism and violence by the police

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· Oct 29

Adrian Napier, 19, was reportedly tackled by officers with the NYPD and had a gun pulled on him for not paying a $2.75 subway fare - in front of dozens of bystanders in the train.

NYPD pull guns, tackle teen for failure to pay subway fare
Officers with the NYPD are facing criticism after a viral video shows a handful of officers tackle a man on a subway as he sat alone with his hands up.
thedenverchannel.com
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· Oct 29

Footage shows this unarmed Black teenager being tackled to the ground and violently arrested by NYPD officers for allegedly evading the $2.75 subway fare (📹: Elad Nehorai )

Elad Nehorai on Twitter
“In case you’re wondering how an arrest in NYC goes down. The guy has made absolutely no indication that he would flee or fight and wasn’t trying to hide. If you can’t see, the reason everyone moved was because all the police had taken out their guns and aimed at him. https://t.co/dAstrtMntz”
twitter.com
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· Oct 27

nypd has used this exact tweet multiple times to respond to commentary about their forceful and militarized arrest of a fare-beater as if it somehow makes pointing a firearm into a crowded subway train without having actually seen a man brandishing a gun acceptable police action

Replying to @JulianCastro
What the video doesn't show is a credible witness alerting our officers to a man brandishing a gun. When officers approached the man in question, he fled into a subway station and onto a train to escape. Minutes later, officers at the next station took him into custody.
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· 16 hours ago

Hundreds of ppl are marching through the streets in Brooklyn right now against the NYPD’s treatment of black kids on the subway

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· 16 hours ago

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· 15 hours ago

After a disturbing video was released showing the NYPD brutally punching black teens in a violent subway brawl protestors are chanting: “NYPD how do you spell racist?”

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· 16 hours ago

They took their march into the subway station

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· 15 hours ago

The entire platform has been taken over

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· Oct 28

NYPD tasered and arrested 2 teenagers for fare evasion. It’s important to note that have stationed NYPD at train stations located in the poorest Black Latinx neighborhoods in NYC.

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· Oct 22
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Looking out for turnstile jumpers

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· Oct 10

“You guys part of the new fare evasion crackdown?” “Yep.”

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· Oct 26

Andrew Cuomo we don’t want your 500 extra cops in the subway. They are turning it into a police state

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Has anyone seen this video of nypd wildin' on kids at Jay Street/Metrotech station in Brooklyn? Unacceptable. Full Original vid:
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· Oct 10

Worth repeating which farebeaters these cops are here to arrest (sometimes violently). It was 87 percent black or Latino people last year

Subway Policing In New York City Still Has A Race Problem
As the NYPD slows arrests for fare evasion, neighborhoods of color remain a target.
gothamist.com
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· 15 hours ago

New Yorkers are rightfully protesting the criminalization of poverty by the NYPD via surveillance and police presence at subway turnstiles. FACT: It costs more money to catch and punish folks who cannot pay fare than to let them go free.

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· 24 hours ago

It is reprehensible that the city and state are spending resources that could be used to improve the lives of low-income folks by instead subjecting them to criminalization and violence (NYPD, we see you) because they can't afford to pay $2.75 to ride the poorly-functioning MTA.

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· 23 hours ago

"The subway fare in 1980 was $0.60, which in today’s currency would be $1.75, a whole dollar cheaper than the actual current rate"

The Class War of Fare-Dodging Crackdowns
The influx of police officers into New York's subway system is part of a broader criminalization of poverty.
newrepublic.com
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· Oct 21

Instead of investing in the subway, Cuomo is hiring 500 new state police officers at roughly $673 million over the next decade to crack down on poor turnstile jumpers. ...and they won’t be wearing body cameras!

Cuomo's New Subway Cops Won't Be Required To Wear Body Cameras
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· 15 hours ago

"No justice. No peace." Protesters chant and march along New York City streets in response to the NYPD drawing arms at an unarmed teen last week

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