The national criminalization of jaywalking On Jan. 24, 1925, a new anti-jaywalking ordinance took effect in the city of Los Angeles. It was similar to the one passed in Kansas City more than a decade ...
Kansas City, Missouri, became the first major city in the U.S. to repeal its anti-jaywalking ordinance, after research found that tickets were being disproportionately issued to Black men. It’s a full ...