The elementary and high schools in my neighborhood pay the students if they walk rather than take the bus, as both a costsaving and environmental measure. It's a pittance sure, but in a country of 350 million people its extremely easy to find singular examples of any behavior to further any narrative. This article would have a point were it an examination of broad trends, but one example of the cops being the cops does hardly a well-founded narrative weave...

When it comes to "news" these days, the more outrageous and rare the story the better. Got to keep the readership outraged for those eyeballs......

Uphill both ways