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Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

To be clear — enforcing the rules and making people pay fares is not “pretextual” (nor is enforcing traffic laws pretextual). I am saying there is an important co-benefit in that you catch people guilty of other things. https://t.co/81PAk3VgYF — PolitiTweet.org

James Danberg @James_Danberg

@mattyglesias The enforcement of crimes that are pretextual and actually just an excuse to search people is going t… https://t.co/KpSfKewzAW

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Bonus content in the post — the free fare fad is a dumb way of giving up on the entire of quality mass transit. Of saying “yeah our service will be terrible but you’ll be getting what you lay for.” Reject it. Run good, useful service and collect fares. https://t.co/81PAk3VgYF — PolitiTweet.org

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I do agree that in traffic enforcement we see evidence of a discriminatory pattern in stops, which is one reason why the shift to cameras and automated enforcement is a good idea. https://t.co/2gP4lkf1UO — PolitiTweet.org

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