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Free subway rides: See photos of protesters in Crown Heights

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  • Julieta Salgado, of Ice-Free NYC, invites commuters to take advantage of a free MetroCard swipe at the Crown Heights-Utica Avenue subway station on Tuesday, June 7, 2016. Salgado was one of about two dozen activists offering free subway rides as part of
    Photo Credit: Vincent Barone
  • Devante Tate, of Afrikans Helping Afrikans, invites commuters to take advantage of a free MetroCard swipe at the Crown Heights-Utica Avenue subway station on Tuesday, June 7, 2016. Tate was one of about two dozen activists offering free subway rides as part of
    Photo Credit: Vincent Barone
  • Benjamin Ndugga-Kabuye, of Black Alliance for Just Immigration, invites commuters to take advantage of a free MetroCard swipe at the Crown Heights-Utica Avenue subway station on Tuesday, June 7, 2016. Ndugga-Kabuye was one of about two dozen activists offering free subway rides as part of
    Photo Credit: Vincent Barone
  • Shayok Chakraborty, of Police Reform Organizing Project, offers a free swipe for a commuter at the Crown Heights-Utica Avenue subway station on Tuesday, June 7, 2016. Chakraborty, was one of about two dozen activists offering free subway rides as part of
    Photo Credit: Vincent Barone
  • Jose Garcia, of Ice-Free NYC, invites commuters at the Crown Heights-Utica Avenue subway station to take advantage of a free MetroCard swipe on Tuesday, June 7. Garcia was one of about two dozen activists offering free subway rides as part of
    Photo Credit: Vincent Barone

Hundreds of Crown Heights commuters were given free subway rides on Tuesday, June 8, 2016, as protesters tried to raise awareness of perceived injustices in the city’s policing of fare beaters.

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