Re:The NYPD Was Ticketing Legally Parked Cars; Open Data Put...
by DiabloD3 on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @07:46PM
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But there is nothing in the story stating NYC is returning the effectively stolen, as per their admission to wrongdoing, money.
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Re:The NYPD Was Ticketing Legally Parked Cars; Open Data Put...
by morganvachon on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @08:43PM
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It's not stolen, that implies an intent to do wrong. Per the NYPD's response (and given their candor, I find no reason to believe otherwise) it's clear this was a training issue and the officers writing the tickets were doing their duty to the best of their knowledge at the time.
And having said that, yes I believe the money should be returned, and probably will.