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From the White House to the Lincoln Memorial, Thousands March for Black Lives | Courthouse News Service

June 07, 2020
  • D.C. Policy Center

On June 7 , 2020, the D.C. Policy Center’s article, What is the impact of fare evasion in D.C.?, was cited by Courthouse News Service:

According to the D.C. Policy Center, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority expanded funding for fare enforcement in recent years though the D.C. council only recently decriminalized fare evasion. In New York, studies from nonprofits such as the Community Service Center found wide racial disparities in enforcement efforts, some of which end in situations where young unarmed black men have guns drawn on them for allegedly hopping fare. 

Read more: From the White House to the Lincoln Memorial, Thousands March for Black Lives | Courthouse News Service

Related: What is the impact of fare evasion in D.C.? | D.C. Policy Center

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