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My first run-in with the Authority+Ticket


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Wednesday morning, in a rush to get to my morning class the unexpected happened. For those who live in New York City, you know how terrible the transit system is (and my siblings all ridicule my father for working for them), from the service down to the turnstiles. The turnstiles, sure has caused me a ton of problems throughout the years, but this most recent time was the worst.

 

As I was swiping my unlimited CUNY Metro Card, the message "Just Used" came up in the reader, but I wasn't given entry. Those that don't know how unlimited Metros work, you're unable to use the card again until about 18 minutes pass. Someone had opened the gate to let me through. As I didn't want to be late for my class, I went through the gate. As I was walking down the platform though, I glanced over my shoulder and saw two police officers on my left side. I was jamming to my music at the time. Right then, I was hoping it wasn't for me, but to my dismay, I was stopped. I was questioned and what not, and later issued a $100 ticket. I was initially pissed, and had a hearing this morning for the violation. I was able to get the violation dismissed where my hearing officer states "The respondent has provided credible evidence that although he went through the exit gate, he did not evade the fare."

 

As I already stated, I was initially pissed, but later in the day, I was put into a state of shock. Why? Because the main officer that spoke to me was white. The officer did state that I was a good guy, for I had no warrants, but I felt that anything could have happened just by the color of my skin, and the recent shootings of black males, especially the shooting of the unarmed black man a few weeks ago. I did comply with everything that was asked of me, unlike those of color who refuses.

 

Everybody who knows me knows how much of a good guy I am. I'm super chill, don't bother anyone, and never been in any serious trouble. Trust me, this will stick with me forever (I guess it was a traumatic moment). I know better for next time, and will most likely never happen again.

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Thanks for sharing your story J. I've always found the NYPD to be nice and approachable. I once was stopped on a bus for matching a description and after an impromptu interview they were very nice. I was pissed at the time, because no one wants to be stopped by the cops, but for the most part they're working hard to keep us all safe.

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