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Posted by Greg_UWS on Fri Jul 19 23:17:12 2019 The thread on assaults of MTA employees got me thinking....Physical assaults on employees or passengers are felonious. Perps must be identified and arrested. Problem is-- so many of these perps have other "issues," i.e., serious psych problems (I work in the field so I know a schizo when I see one), addiction problems or both. If these same perps are not engaging in behavior that presents an immediate danger to themselves or others, they're often disruptive (incoherent screaming, smoking, strewing personal items or trash everywhere, holding doors open, etc) or creating unsanitary conditions (urinating, defecating). As posted in another link, they're also responsible for train delays (waiting for police to remove them, wandering on the tracks. My favorite announcement in recent months was from the driver who said we were holding to wait for the police to remove a passenger "committing a lewd act in the 2nd car." OMG!) So-- the mental status of the perps determines whether they are criminally liable or not. Then there's the "unruly and annoying" category. No, I do not want a performance during "show time." No, I'm not buying candy to support a basketball team (yea, right), and no I don't want to hear anyone's poetry or excerpts from his unpublished novel. And I most certainly don't want to be preached at by a well-meaning but annoying holy roller ("You know the destination of this train but what is the destination of your soul?") How much of this criminal, unruly or annoying behavior is just part and parcel of living in a big city? And how much of it can we hope will not be tolerated? I really, really, really just want to be left alone on the trains. |
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