Thanks for posting an update on this. My impression after reading this is completely the opposite of what I assumed after reading your first post about it.
I've seen transit cops ticketing jaywalkers on 7th Ave, I don't think that part of it is that unusual. But the rest of the treatment is really awful; if she makes an effort to provide documentation as to her identity, that should be more than sufficient. That a transit cop would escalate this matter to the extent of having her put in jail is just shameful. Personally I'm not convinced that race was necessarily an issue here, (though it could have been), but even without the element of race it's bad enough.
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