Minorities appear to be disproportionately targeted when jaywalking. In the state of New York, a 2019 study shows that 90% of jaywalking tickets were issued to Black and Hispanic Americans even though ...

A Streetsblog report claims the NYPD targets black and Latino New Yorkers when issuing jaywalking tickets. Streetsblog obtained stats from NYC Open Data and found most of the jaywalking tickets in the ...

New York City streets are getting a little bit more dangerous today, as the City Council’s legalization of jaywalking has come into full effect. In September, the lawmakers, in a veto-proof 40-8 vote, ...

A Virginia man thought he was doing a good deed by helping a family of Canada geese across a road in Fairfax County, but a police officer didn't see it that way. Instead of congratulating Jozsef ...

In recent months, Columbia has seen an unsettling rise in shootings and other violent crime. City leaders and police officials have repeatedly promised increased police presence to address these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Phoenix city policy took effect Friday, Jan. 16, allowing police to cite pedestrians for jaywalking or standing in medians ...

A new Phoenix city policy took effect Friday, Jan. 16, allowing police to cite pedestrians for jaywalking or standing in medians without first issuing a warning. While Phoenix Police describe the ...