Police problems, past and present, with historical items (New York, York: city hall, living in)

[Cida]

Very interesting article. Hope that all the people who believe the police should always be supported take a look.

Check out this incident:


Activists insist that police departments must change. For half a century, New York City’s P.B.A. has successfully resisted such demands.

When Mayor David Dinkins sought to install a civilian review board, in 1992, the P.B.A. staged a ferocious protest at City Hall, with ten thousand off-duty officers, virtually all white and many carrying guns and drinking alcohol. Demonstrators waved racist placards—“Dump the Washroom Attendant”—attacked reporters and bystanders, vandalized City Council members’ cars, stormed City Hall, and overflowed onto the Brooklyn Bridge, where they stopped traffic and jumped on occupied cars. It was a wild performance of police impunity, and the on-duty officers did nothing to stop the mayhem.

Jimmy Breslin was there, reporting for Newsday, and he described a scene of toxic racism. “The cops held up several of the most crude drawings of Dinkins, black, performing perverted sex acts,” he wrote. Newsday had more. A city councilwoman, Una Clarke, who is Black, was prevented from crossing Broadway “by a beer-drinking, off-duty police officer who said to his sidekick, ‘This ****** says she’s a member of the City Council.’ ” As the rally surged, Rudolph Giuliani, a former prosecutor, stood on a car, leading obscene chants through a bullhorn.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...s-fight-reform

[Airborneguy]

What relevance is a 30 year old article?

This is a great example of why I completely gave up trying to appease the populace when it comes to policing. No matter what you do to **** yourself to them, they'll do crap like this.

I prefer "F you, pay me" to serving a worthless population that hates me regardless of what I do. It's much more lucrative!

[Mr.Retired]

Originally Posted by Airborneguy

What relevance is a 30 year old article?

This is a great example of why I completely gave up trying to appease the populace when it comes to policing. No matter what you do to **** yourself to them, they'll do crap like this.

I prefer "F you, pay me" to serving a worthless population that hates me regardless of what I do. It's much more lucrative!

Response: Agreed...........
It is O.K. to have fond memories of years ago but living in the past stops people from living in the now!
People should lift themselves up from their bootstraps and move forward.

[Cida]

Originally Posted by Airborneguy

What relevance is a 30 year old article?

This is a great example of why I completely gave up trying to appease the populace when it comes to policing. No matter what you do to **** yourself to them, they'll do crap like this.

I prefer "F you, pay me" to serving a worthless population that hates me regardless of what I do. It's much more lucrative!

The article is a little over a month old. But even if it were 30 years old - many people like history here. Haven't you noticed? Haven't you seen all the posts asking about NYC in the 1980s or 1990s?

[Mr.Retired]

Response:

Articles of 30 plus years ago show how more and more testosterone is being depleted from the human male.
Years ago, you call someone a name you get called a name back in return. " Sticks and stones may break my bones"
Today.....you call someone a name ,they sit down cry,call the police and have you arrested for lifelong debilitating trauma
that requires disability benefits,medical, benefits, and compensatory awards for necessary healing..................

Gimme a break. I'm seeing more and more soft soaps as the days go by.
Hopefully not to the point where I can no longer distinguish between the sexes.
I would hate to call a mister a miss and end up in court as well as jail.

Good Grief.........