Reclaiming the right to jaywalk
About this episode
The episode discusses Kansas City's historic repeal of its anti-jaywalking ordinance and the racial implications of its enforcement.
Kansas City, Missouri, became the first major city in the country to repeal its anti-jaywalking ordinance, after research found that tickets were being disproportionately issued to Black men. It’s a full-circle moment, because Kansas City was also the first city to criminalize jaywalking more than a century earlier. Mackenzie Martin reports in the second of our two-part series.
People in this episode
Guest: Mackenzie Martin
Topics covered
- jaywalking
- law repeal
- racial disparity
- Kansas City history
- social justice
Keywords
- jaywalking
- Kansas City
- law repeal
- racial disparity
- Mackenzie Martin
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City
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