The article from KABC News mentions that "96% of the violent offenders arrested on the Metro between April 2023 and March 2024 didn't pay to ride", suggesting a direct connection between fare evasion and crimes on the Metro. The article also mentions former Metro security chief Gina Osborn, who states, "Not every fare evader is a criminal, but pretty much every criminal is a fare evader." Though these claims are statistically proven, the statistic alone does not establish a causal relationship between fare evasion and violence. Rather, it implies that many people who engage in criminal activities tend to evade fares, but it does not prove that fare evasion directly causes violent crimes.
