Antisocial behavior on public transit isn’t just a matter of policing and funding.
It’s also a matter of civil liberties.
In California, people have a constitutional right to defecate on the streets.
In was once in a San Francisco bus and watched a young woman of West Asian descent break down in tears because a homeless man was calling her a “sand n***”.
She screamed back at him the Trump was going to put him in a concentration camp. He made some comments about the Muslim faith, and she told she was going to pray he’d die a horrible death.
Some more words were exchanged about Trumps policies towards Muslims and the homeless.
She got off early and walked the rest of the way.
This is all 100% constitutionally protected, or at least, under the policies of subsequent DAs (including Kamala Harris) officially tolerated.
It also makes public transportation unusable.
It’s also a matter of civil liberties.
In California, people have a constitutional right to defecate on the streets.
In was once in a San Francisco bus and watched a young woman of West Asian descent break down in tears because a homeless man was calling her a “sand n***”.
She screamed back at him the Trump was going to put him in a concentration camp. He made some comments about the Muslim faith, and she told she was going to pray he’d die a horrible death.
Some more words were exchanged about Trumps policies towards Muslims and the homeless.
She got off early and walked the rest of the way.
This is all 100% constitutionally protected, or at least, under the policies of subsequent DAs (including Kamala Harris) officially tolerated.
It also makes public transportation unusable.