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bluestateguy

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1. I think the work stoppage is fantastic

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 06:51 PM

Dec 2014

A breath of fresh air. No more police harassment for petty stuff: squeegee guys, turnstyle jumpers, pot dealers, pot users, jaywalkers, driving a few miles over the speed limit, open containers, etc. All petty. trifling things that can best be dealt with through polite communication or can otherwise be handled by ordinary citizens themselves. These need not be made into police matters.

The police's job is to focus on the real criminals: murderers, rapists and the Wall Street kingpins who crashed this country's economy.

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Matt Taibbi: The NYPD's 'Work Stoppage' Is Surreal [View all] kpete Dec 2014 OP

I think the work stoppage is fantastic bluestateguy Dec 2014 #1

Never forget that the focus on the "petty stuff" branford Dec 2014 #3

Debatable at best rjsquirrel Jan 2015 #8

The relevant point is that "broken windows" policing branford Jan 2015 #9

I'm not confusing anything rjsquirrel Jan 2015 #10

Again, I'm not discussing which policing policies are best. branford Jan 2015 #11

I get it and that's totally cynical rjsquirrel Jan 2015 #15

Perception matters. branford Jan 2015 #16

revenue gotten by overloading black and brown w fines. yeah whites like it Liberal_in_LA Jan 2015 #12

article published yesterday about "broken windows" Liberal_in_LA Jan 2015 #13

As I indicated in detail in my response to the other poster, my point was not to defend branford Jan 2015 #14

K&R~ babylonsister Dec 2014 #2

"backdoor taxes because politicians are too cowardly to raise them" moondust Dec 2014 #4

Fire the whole force AgingAmerican Dec 2014 #5

k&r... spanone Dec 2014 #6

Taibbi probably knows this, but of course they didn't use it to shine a light phantom power Jan 2015 #7