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Epic Twitter Win! #myNYPD Hashtag Spreads To #myLAPD
The Young Turks · Published on Apr 24, 2014
"A Twitter backlash against New York City police has spread to the West Coast with people posting critical comments and photos of the Los Angeles Police Department.
The New York Police Department was hit with a barrage of negative publicity after agency officials urged people to post pictures that praised officers under the hashtag #myNYPD.
On Wednesday, people were using a #myLAPD hashtag to post critical comments and photos of Los Angeles police officers."
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-twitter-critics-mylapd-mynypd-20140423,0,3630971.story
Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) of The Young Turks discuss this epic new Twitter trend.
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