In the specific case of the NYPD the qualifier "now" is not necessary. They have a centuries-long history of acting above and outside the law: https://en.wikipe

In the specific case of the NYPD the qualifier "now" is not necessary. They have a centuries-long history of acting above and outside the law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Police_Department https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_P... Highlights include: * Early in it's formation, the historical precursor to the NYPD was two separate police forces; one run by the city and one run by the state. At one point the city police (Municipals) was literally protecting the mayor from arrest by the state police (Metropolitans). * Having to be rescued by actual nativist[0] gangs after riots broke out after the Metropolitans won out over the Municipals * Repeated bi-decennial corruption investigations that lead to reforms which just push the corruption somewhere else and make it worse Fun fact: the NYPD even operates in other countries. There's a weird post-9/11 program called the International Liaison Program[1] in which other countries pay the NYPD to station NYC cops in their country. It's absolutely insane that this somehow doesn't violate some kind of Geneva convention[2]. [0] People who wanted to build a wall and make the Irish pay for it. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVJMtXvjn0A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVJMtXvjn0A [2] Look. I'll settle for the "driving on the wrong side of the road" Geneva convention, just give me something