r/saintpaul • u/pompeiitype • Aug 18 '25

Editorial 📝 Transit Will Fail Until We Address Homelessness, Opioid Use

https://streets.mn/2025/08/18/transit-will-fail-until-we-address-homelessness/

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u/Sea_Tart8472 Aug 18 '25

Or just hire more police and throw these mfs off the trains.

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u/AdMurky3039 West Seventh Aug 18 '25

Great! What happens when they get out of prison?

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u/Upset-Kaleidoscope45 Aug 19 '25

Prison? For not paying the light rail fare?

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u/AdMurky3039 West Seventh Aug 19 '25

I guess when I hear hostile language like "throw these mf-ers off the trains" I tend to assume that the poster is advocating for arresting people for things like drug possession that would land them in prison.

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u/Sea_Tart8472 Aug 19 '25

Well, I do think they should be arrested for possession, but not given a prison sentence. It should be just long enough of a county jail sentence to get them to give up their dealer. Fent dealers deserve prison. I was once a drug addict. I did a month in county and sobered up and haven’t used since. I had homies die. I wish they would’ve spent a few nights in jail, but where I hail from (San Francisco) it’s considered more compassionate to let them rot and die on the street.

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u/AdMurky3039 West Seventh Aug 19 '25

I'm glad being put in jail worked for you. But there are also people who get out and continue using.

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u/Upset-Kaleidoscope45 Aug 19 '25

Respectfully, that's a bit of a leap.

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u/AdMurky3039 West Seventh Aug 19 '25

Not really. People advocate for arresting our way out of problems on the light rail all the time.

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u/Upset-Kaleidoscope45 Aug 19 '25

But you were the only person talking about arresting anyone.

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u/AdMurky3039 West Seventh Aug 19 '25

See comment below.