“It’s bad subway etiquette, sure, but is it an arrest-worthy offense?
““Manspreading” — the act of a someone, usually a man, taking up two subway seats by spreading his legs — has rankled many train passengers for years.
“It became enough of an annoyance that the Metropolitan Transit Authority in New York put anti-manspreading public service announcements on subway cars.
“And now, the practice is enough get you cuffed by New York City Police Department officers hungry to make low-level arrests, according to a new report from the Police Reform Organizing Project.
“The New York-focused advocacy group’s report, titled “That’s How They Get You,” is a series of 117 vignettes highlighting how primarily black and Latino people get swept up in the criminal justice system…”
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