His Offense: Taking 2 Seats on a Nearly Empty Train

For one thing, it is a simple matter for police officers to stand on a subway platform and wait for a train to deliver offenders to them directly. Chasing bus fare-beaters, by contrast, would require the deployment of plainclothes officers in buses and at stops around the city.

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1 Samuel 8:3
But his sons did not walk in his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice.