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There is an almost infinite amount of things to reasonably blame the NYC and NYS governments for, but this doesn't look like one of them (other than in the basi
by woodruffw 3y ago
There is an almost infinite amount of things to reasonably blame the NYC and NYS governments for, but this doesn't look like one of them (other than in the basic sense of enabling this behavior through budgeting): it's the act of a largely unaccountable police force, rather than a legislative order or rule.
- psunavy03 3y agoThe NYC government, at the very least, is ultimately accountable for the acts of its police department. My NYS comment was a more wide-ranging shot at what happens to individual rights when one political party (red or blue) gets to call the shots. But if the NYPD is really "unaccountable" to the NYC government, well, that seems like a ripe situation for the Feds to step in because the local government has lost control. A PD which isn't accountable to its elected government isn't a PD; it's an armed gang.
- woodruffw 3y ago> But if the NYPD is really "unaccountable" to the NYC government, well, that seems like a ripe situation for the Feds to step in because the local government has lost control. A PD which isn't accountable to its elected government isn't a PD; it's an armed gang. We're in agreement!