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Grass8989 t1_j6xkyuz wrote

Reply to comment by hau5keeping in New York Pays $121 Million for Police Misconduct, the Most in 5 Years by hau5keeping

Stop fearing mongering. Did the cops “riot” when they got body cams, bans on chokeholds, new discovery laws, ending stop and frisk?

You look ridiculous making this claim.

How about someone actually makes a valid argument of the “riots” that occured after these mild reforms instead of downvoting.

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chargeorge t1_j70dhnc wrote

I mean it literally happened in the past, its in the link. You also had pretty widespread police violence during the floyd protests (and no, not during the riots, kettling gassing and beating peaceful protesters). You've had repeated work stoppages, you've had police trying to foment a mob against shake shack employees. Hell they called in a huge fucking operation against someone for yelling at them.

Concern over a thing that happened in the past whle the NYPD continues to engage in bullshit is perfectly acceptable.

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Grass8989 t1_j70e5xl wrote

I was responding to “the cops will literally riot before considering any minor reform.” Which is completely false.

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chargeorge t1_j70efak wrote

Kettling peaceful protestors, gassing and beating them is close enough for me honestly.

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