The crackdown on fare evasion by the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the New York Police Department is not worth putting people’s lives at risk. On Sept. 15, four people, including two bystanders and a police officer, were shot due to an incident involving fare evasion. This unnecessary tragedy began when two police officers tried to chase down 37-year-old Derrell Mickles after he entered Sutter Avenue L train station in Brownsville, one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York City, without paying the fare.