Video of a woman being arrested for selling churros in a New York City subway has drawn a critical eye on policing of the public transit service.
The NYPD said in a statement that the arrest Friday was a response to numerous complaints about unlicensed vendors at the Broadway Junction station in Brooklyn due to health concerns. Police said the woman in the video had received 10 summons in the last five months for unlicensed food sales at the Broadway Junction stop.
She was told in both English and Spanish that she would be given a summons during the arrest Friday and her cart would be taken for evidence, according to the NYPD. "She refused to cooperate and was briefly handcuffed; officers escorted her into the command where she was uncuffed," the police statement said."Her property was vouchered as arrest evidence and she was released within minutes."and said that the incident raises"serious questions" about increased police presence in the subways.Stringer's criticism was echoed in statements from other city officials, including New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson.
"Over-policing our subways isn’t going to solve anything," Johnson said on Twitter."We can keep the subway safe without harming people just trying to earn a living." The subway ovepolicing we’ve been watching in recent days shows how cruel & corrosive criminalizing poverty is.
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