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A judge has ruled that subway bag searches are constitutional. Newsday reports that Judge Richard Berman filed the decision just hours after hearings ended for the NYCLU's lawsuit against the city. Judge Berman wrote, "The need to prevent a terrorist bombing of the New York City subway system is a government interest of the very highest order" - therefore the subway bag searches are minimal invasion of privacy. Well, if it's a government interest, then give us some more damned funding for our subway security. One flaw about the searches that the NYCLU has been arguing out is that the searches aren't exactly random, and therefore, people of color (and probably most likely men) are pulled over more often. We'll try to find the ruling and read more about it. And we also believe Judge Berman's clerks to be the fastest typers ever.
And come Monday, the new subway etiquette goes into effect, including:
- Do not jump turnstiles -- even if your MetroCard does not work properly.The AP says the rules will be posted in the stations. How about a takeaway brochure, MTA?
- You must show your fare card to a transit worker if it's requested.
- Do not straddle a bicycle, or wear in-line skates or roller skates.
- No standing on a skateboard or small scooter while on the trains or buses.
- Do not move between subway cars -- even if the train is stopped.
- Do not occupy more than one seat on subways or buses by putting up your feet or spreading your legs.
- Don't place bags on an empty seat.
Photograph by Margaret Lyons, via Gothamist Contribute
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One of the things I remember (perhaps wrongly) when the MetroCards were introduced was that the MTA promoted the fact that you could share it with your family and friends - swipe yourself and then pass it back to swipe the rest of your party in. So what happens with the "You must show your fare card to a transit worker if it's requested" scenario in this case and you are going somewhere where someone else in your party is going?
moving between subway cars was something i always bragged about to my friends using other transit systems
it really is helpful for those long rides with full seats
Well, will the inspectors wear vinyl or latex gloves? Latex causes allergies, and on one Denzel Washington narrated "fire stories", they self-combusted into a warehouse fire, from the inside of the box out. Health care supervising the hands touching and "spreading" as the inspectors go from one bag to the next? And what if they can't see what they're spreading, perhaps? (besides fear in general and bad feelings about hollow-point armed "bobbies" killing a harmless Brazilian in London? I once hired a band "Trigger Happy" for students on Parents Weekend at Buffalo University, I wonder, are the inspectors armed with Kerik tasers or "glocks"? Could be a BIG mistake, a real "Yellowing of America (alert)". I have ridden subways, all times of day to work, and its the facilities that need security, not the general ridership on an individual basis.
Jesus Christ...George Myers Jr., set down your bowl, for like, two seconds, before you go posting...you are bringing "stream-of-consciousness" to a whole new level.
With all this security, I still see people jumping turnstiles at unsecured stations. How bout unmanned automated stations, you could sneak anything into the system. Too many holes. These searches are pointless unless you are dealing with idiots.
Those HEETS may be the death of us. And to think I was more worried about getting shredded to death by a malfunctioning one.
Well, it might be a good place to hide "stream of conscious" being from "Conscience Bay". However, I live near the Bronx Muslim Center and my neighborhood has people from different faiths. The day they announced the search on the subways I expected that, not "random" subway stations. A subway runs in Buffalo, NY where reportedly a "cell" of terrorists were, are they inspecting at random riders on the Buffalo subway? The NY State Constitution was also found OK to discriminate in the return of State education monies based on property values by a judge, i.e. the less the properties are worth the less money each student gets in education funds. My school district brought the suit, Middle Country. By "Constitution" did the judge include the "Bill of Rights" first signed by New Jersey, which without New York would have never signed the Constitution?
I've never had to deal with the police searching my backpack . If I do have to go through that, I'll make sure to get the officers badge and name . Afterwards, I will sue the Police Dept., and the City for unreasonable search/seizure . My premiss will be the fact that the Officers didn't take into account that I may have had something that I did not want the public to know about . It could have been a book that I was planning to read within the confines of my home, Maybe I have an embarassing condition that requires a certain type of medication that I'm not comfortable being viewed by the public ! How the hell can a cop tell them difference between a tube of toothpaste and a toxic chemical ? You can't, So I ask what's the point of the searches then ? It's nobodies business what's in my bag, I wouldn't have a problem with them placing my bag through a metal detector like the ones they have in the airports . Maybe if the lawmakers in power would get off there humps and do the job we put them in office to do there would be no need for any subway/bus searches of bags !