Man Handcuffed For Selling Subway Token

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Transit police handcuffed and cited a man who sold a $1.75 subway token to another rider who was having trouble with a token vending machine.

Transit authority spokeswoman Jocelyn Baker said Friday that the officer "acted within the law" after he spotted Donald Pirone, 42, selling the token Nov. 30 inside the West End subway station

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... Entire Article