BOSTON — Push an elderly woman off a city bus and you’d think jail would be the next stop. Not in Boston. Luz Pineda, the Roxbury woman caught on video shoving a senior rider so hard she tumbled onto the pavement, walked out of court with no prison time and no conviction — just a deal so soft it reads like a commuter delay notice.

Instead of hard time, Pineda admitted to “sufficient facts,” a legal trick that lets her dodge a guilty plea and wipe the case clean in two years if she behaves. Her punishment? Three months of home confinement with a GPS bracelet, anger management classes, a ban from the MBTA that no one can possibly enforce, and a vague order to get treatment. No jail, no record, no real accountability.

The incident, which horrified riders who saw an elderly woman tossed like baggage, should have been a wake-up call. Instead it’s proof that Boston’s courts are more interested in second chances than public safety. Even the Trump administration at the time issued a stark warning, blasting city leaders for being soft on crime and threatening to strip federal transit dollars if Boston didn’t start cracking down.

For families who already dodge addicts on Mass & Cass and shoplifters in every corner store, this latest fiasco drives the point home: in Boston, you can shove a grandmother off a bus in broad daylight and walk away with little more than a wrist slap.