“A new trend in Los Angeles: strict enforcement of jaywalking laws downtown, including the little-known regulation that makes it a crime to enter a crosswalk after the red crosswalk light is flashing—even if that red light, as it often does in L.A., is counting down the seconds until the light changes.  L.A. police had already been issuing over a thousand tickets per month for jaywalking in the name of homeless management.  Some of those ticketed were in wheelchairs or otherwise disabled, or pushing a cart full of all their possessions in front of them as they struggled across the street.”

http://reason.com/archives/2014/01/08/petty-law-enforcement-vs-the-poor/print

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