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In light of NYPD officers being angry they get less "get out of jail free cards" to give their friends and family, I'm reposting my @washingtonpost piece about how dangerous the insular social world of police is https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/11/30/why-blue-lives-matter/
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How police identity trumps public interest
By Matthew Guariglia November 30, 2017
NYPD Officers livid that union has reduced number of get out of jail free cards each officer can provide to family and friends from 32-20.
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By Dean Balsamini January 21, 2018 | 12:29am | Updated
The citys police-officers union is cracking down on the number of get out of jail free courtesy cards distributed to cops to give to family and friends.
Patrolmens Benevolent Association boss Pat Lynch slashed the maximum number of cards that could be issued to current cops from 30 to 20, and to retirees from 20 to 10, sources told The Post.
The cards are often used to wiggle out of minor trouble such as speeding tickets, the theory being that presenting one suggests you know someone in the NYPD.
The rank and file is livid.
Orrex
(63,169 posts)I've read the linked articles, and I still can't tell.
How the fuck is this legal?
brush
(53,729 posts)as "get out of jail" cards though.
Orrex
(63,169 posts)In much the same way that we've always heard that cops have a monthly quota for traffic tickets. This is often dismissed as bullshit, naturally, but then a friend who was a cop flat-out said "of course we do."
Another cop I knew in the early 2000s once told me that he loves the job "Because you get paid to beat up n*****s."
In short, it seems likely that every horror story you hear about police corruption and racism is firmly grounded in fact.
dalton99a
(81,386 posts)Nice
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)Only once? Annually? More frequently?
brooklynite
(94,302 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)unless and officer signs and puts his cell phone # on them.
winstars
(4,219 posts)signed with cell # = thats the one you want.
Sanity Claws
(21,839 posts)or associate with criminals. Why else do you need get out of jail cards for friends and families. Anybody who needs/wants get out of jail cards for family and friends does not belong on the police force.
Iggo
(47,534 posts)dalton99a
(81,386 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)around for years and not a secret. And well tracked when used.
There is something missing here...fake news until more info. for me!
msongs
(67,347 posts)flotsam
(3,268 posts)so with this new severe restriction there are only a minimum of 640,000 assholes who are quite literally above the law. What a cheerful thought!
Baitball Blogger
(46,676 posts)Ms. Toad
(33,992 posts)You should not be able to get away with being a scofflaw because you happen to know someone who is a police officer.
Baitball Blogger
(46,676 posts)What happened to "We are a country of laws?" What happened to "No one is above the law?"
And, yes, this is another sign of Two Americas that the Black Live Matters organization was trying to show us.