Several years ago, it was reported that 95%+ of the jaywalking tickets
issued by the Minneapolis Police were at one specific location: Hennepin
Avenue near 4th St.
This was before some of the current parking in that area was
available, and customers at the Gay 90's used to park in the Mpls Library
lot across the street, which was empty after the library closed. (And the
meters there were cheaper than most of the nearby ramps.) The Minneapolis
Police were basically hassling gays by giving them jaywalking tickets when
they cut across the street to get to the parking lot, something that they
never gave tickets for anywhere else in the city.
The Police don't do that much anymore; they seem to have realized
that there are too many gay taxpayers paying their salaries. But the more
things change, the more they stay the same. These Minneapolis Police
officers seem to have found a new target for their bigotry.
Tim Bonham, 12th Ward
>I know many of my Indian
>friends hate it - they say on Franklin Ave. getting stopped for jaywalking
>and crossing on redlights can still get you in trouble most days of the week.
>. . .
>Annie Young
>Ward 6 - East Phillips in Minneapolis
>Citywide at-large Park Board Commissioner
>Working to build a sustainable community
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