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Originally Posted by BobC
You have to read the article. The person that gave the token to some one else was doing nothing wrong but handing him a token.
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According to the article, handing him the token wasn't a crime, but accepting the money was.
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Originally Posted by 2nd Article Link
Instead of giving Pirone a warning, the officer decided to handcuff him and give him the misdemeanor citation under a 1992 state law that bars passengers from selling Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority tokens, she said.
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This law was put in place to deal with the scam artist who fills his pocket with tokens, and then jams the machine so that others cannot buy one. Then he sits there and has his own little ebay auction for the unfortunate people who cannot get the machine to work. (Not to insinuate that is what happened in this case.)
The fact is, you can hand out free subway tokens all day and not be arrested. Just don't accept any recompense.
The real question is "Why wasn't the purchaser arrested as well?" He was fully an accomplice in this crime.