Supervisor’s Comparison of Car-Free JFK to Jim Crow is “Offensive”

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By Roger RudickMay 12, 2021, 7:36 pm128 pts
At the San Francisco County Transportation Authority Tuesday, Supervisor Shamann Walton once again referred to car-free JFK as segregationist. Specifically, he said it “…looks like the 1950s south.” No it does not, as was quickly pointed out on social media, here by journalist Walter Thompson: I wish my…

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