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JaneyVee

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1. I would also add DeBlasio decriminalizing marijuana.

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 07:29 PM

Dec 2014

Police union came out against it for reasons I can only chalk up to cops having a harder time meeting quotas now that they can't lock up minorities so rampantly.

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here's the beef.....Mayor Bill de Blasio vs. NYPD [View all] spanone Dec 2014 OP

I would also add DeBlasio decriminalizing marijuana. JaneyVee Dec 2014 #1

Because they won't get points for planting drugs anymore? daredtowork Dec 2014 #2

You'd think it would be illegal to carry the drugs you intend to plant on unsuspecting victims. blkmusclmachine Dec 2014 #3

Jesus Christ. JaneyVee Dec 2014 #10

holy hell Ramses Dec 2014 #15

I threw it in one last night. daredtowork Dec 2014 #18

Dirty Money lobodons Dec 2014 #5

I knew a lady friend whose cop husband... JaneyVee Dec 2014 #7

There's also the fact that the PBA and City are engaged in very adversarial contract negotiations. branford Dec 2014 #4

yep, that's more of it. spanone Dec 2014 #6

De Blasio was against stop and frisk during the campaign. former9thward Dec 2014 #8

not really. he opposed this particular bill. he's still committed to ending it. spanone Dec 2014 #9

So what is his proposal? former9thward Dec 2014 #19

The NYPD cops Union is wrong. TxVietVet Dec 2014 #11

As a general rule police have no duty under federal law to protect citizens. pocoloco Dec 2014 #14

"What f*ckin' part of that they don't understand is beyond me." Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #17

KnR! sheshe2 Dec 2014 #12

K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2014 #13

The Right STILL claims there's a false choice between "stop and frisk" and crime. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #16