State Supreme Court hears Everett case of bus fare checks

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OLYMPIA — After attorneys gave their formal arguments Thursday morning in the state Supreme Court, justices could decide the fate of fare enforcement on public buses and trains.

At question: Is the act of inspecting a transit rider’s fare an invasion of a person’s right to privacy?

In this case, that person is Zachery Meredith, 37, who boarded a Community Transit Swift bus headed to Everett almost four years ago. When asked, he acted as if he had fare, but couldn’t find proof. He was arrested and eventually convicted by a jury for giving a Snohomish County sheriff’s deputy a fake name.

He reportedly said he was “Jason McGumery,” from Colorado, but deputies learned his real identity after fingerprinting him. One deputy advised him on the correct spelling of Montgomery, according to court documents.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/fare-checks-on-the-line-as-everett-bus-rider-fights-case-in-high-court/

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1. I don't see this as much of an intrusion

And I am routinely asked for my ticket (or 'proof of fare') every time I board AMTRAK.
(that situation might not be analogous, because I think in that case every rider is asked for the same thing) Regardless - routine examination would seem to be fairly innocuous - and an accepted part of using public transit.