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LFKhael t1_j6xpuym wrote

Reply to comment by UndercoverPhilly in Pro-Pedestrian/Biking City Council/Mayoral Candidates by Fattom23

And the city bargains with the FOP, Lodge 5, who do not answer to the city. McNesby does not answer to the city.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/police-fop-philadelphia-tshirt-badge-killing-20220316.html

> The Philadelphia Police Department said it will ask the city’s police union to stop selling a T-shirt bearing the department’s trademark badge logo next to a slogan that reads, “Heroes when we die, fired when we try.”

> The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 began selling the shirts at $20 a pop on Monday — a week after Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw announced the firing of an officer who fatally shot a 12-year-old boy in the back in South Philadelphia earlier this month.

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UndercoverPhilly t1_j6xt0yf wrote

Aside from the whole bicycle/pedestrian/car thing, who the police commissioner is makes a big difference, we saw that under the Nutter administration.

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AbsentEmpire t1_j6ykemn wrote

The city should demand free state police coverage from Harrisburg.

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