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New York University professor's turnstile jumping summons at a Harlem
train station with malfunctioning MetroCard machines has prompted civil
rights advocates to call on the NYPD's inspector general to probe racial
disparities in fare evasion enforcement.
The
Legal Aid Society fired off a letter last week to Inspector General
Phil Eure asking him to look into a January ticket that Prof. Terrance
Coffie received for going through the security gate at the St. Nicholas
Ave. station when none of the MetroCard machines were working properly.
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Source: The New York Daily News
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