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In reply to the discussion: NYT to NYPD: 1. Don’t violate the Constitution. 2. Don’t kill unarmed people. 3. Do your jobs. [View all]christx30
(6,241 posts)But I'm trying to wrap my head around this whole thing from a long term perspective.
The mayor gets the cops to enforce cigarette taxes by going after people selling loose cigarettes, because there are people that don't want to pay $11.50 for a pack.
Cops try to arrest someone for breaking this law, that person resists arrest, and dies. Protests start up because the cop that tried to make the arrest was not indicted by a grand jury in that guy's death. The mayor supports the protests. Cops get pissed at the mayor and ask him not to show up at police funerals. They turn their backs on the mayor. Two cops are murdered by an asshole, and the police force turns their backs on the mayor at the funeral. Then the cops stop getting out of their cars to do their jobs. Not as much money coming in from fines. Those cigarette taxes aren't getting enforced. Is stop and frisk still happening? As long as people aren't dying, I fail to see the problem.