From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 22-Jun-14 02:28, Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
   > On 21-Jun-14 23:25, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >> [Jaywalking is] legal everywhere but Texas. Yes, I should have   
   >> qualified as Texas is always special.   
   >   
   > It's illegal in New York (or at least New York City), and someone else   
   > posted an example from in California.  So, perhaps it's Illinois that is   
   > special--or perhaps you just don't know the law as well as you think.   
      
   Apparently, jaywalking is only illegal in Illinois if you're black:   
      
   http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/08/in-champai   
   n-urbana-illinois-89-of-those-arrested-for-jaywalking-are-black/261522/   
      
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