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NYPD prepares for massive ‘F--- The Police’ protest in NYC
Police are preparing for a massive anti-police protest that could bring chaos to Friday’s morning and afternoon transit commutes, officials said.
Protesters are expected to jump turnstiles en masse and tag up train stations throughout the five boroughs during the anti-NYPD rally, titled “F--- The Police III," which is in response to alleged “over-policing” in the subway, including supposed racially-motivated fare-beating arrests and ticketing.
The protests was triggered by the announcement of the intent to hire an additional 500 officers to police the transit system and was organized on social media.
It attracted the “F the Police” and “ Transit is a Right” crowd.
What's wrong with people these days? Need to blame the parents for raising these kids without an iota of common sense. I can understand this behavior from the idiots who live in Portland but NY? Come on!
At what point does one cease blame throwing and instead focus on the people who make personal decisions to engage in crap like this?
Wow, I didn’t realize the Irish liked to just roll over and take it. Nice surrender, but when you live in a city of 8 million you need the police to be on the ball. And the subway costs money to run. Nothing is free.
We don't. It's called snark. We are well known for it.
NYPD prepares for massive ‘F--- The Police’ protest in NYC
Police are preparing for a massive anti-police protest that could bring chaos to Friday’s morning and afternoon transit commutes, officials said.
Protesters are expected to jump turnstiles en masse and tag up train stations throughout the five boroughs during the anti-NYPD rally, titled “F--- The Police III," which is in response to alleged “over-policing” in the subway, including supposed racially-motivated fare-beating arrests and ticketing.
Protesters used Twitter to telegraph their intentions days ago.
“The streets are ours. The trains our ours. The walls are ours. This moment is ours,” the protest group Decolonize This Place tweeted on Tuesday. “How will you and your crew build and f--- s--- up for #FTP3 on #J31 (THIS FRIDAY)? Issa mothaf-----’ movement.”
Why do they do it? Easy ... no consequences.
The voters in New York City and NY State.actually Voted for this Anarchy.
I find it despicable that this is happening but it's part of free speech and it is what it is. I understand that there are bad cops and we all know this. I think generally most LEO are basically trying to do a good job, again, bad apples aside. I lean toward giving the police the benefit of the doubt. We only hear about the bad stuff that happens, generally speaking. There are tens of thousand of instances where law enforce interacts with the public and things are fine, peaceful, whatever. We just live in the if it "bleeds it leads" society, unfortunately.
Hopefully it goes down peacefully and no one gets injured.
Nope. Free speech is peaceful. And your free speech ends where mine begins. Which means if you are keeping me from moving about freely, then you are in the wrong.
Lifelong NYer here, and I say bull. I don't approve of it, and there is no justification for it. Their "demands" are ludicrous. Anyone riding the subway will see for themselves that the minorities above ground are the majority below ground. There is not a single cop who would release a fare-beater because his or her skin color isn't dark enough, nor arrest one because it isn't light enough. What those cops have to deal with down there day in and day out alone is enough to raise them to hero status in my eyes. The knot in my stomach when I ride the subways only dissipates when I see a cop on the platform. You take away the cops, and the subways will be like the movie Escape from New York.
Former NYC, here. ( early 80’s/ Koch years) Back then, it was extremely rare to see a cop on a train or at a station. Turn-style jumpers were common. Violent crime during non- peak hours on some lines was common stuff.
As I understand it, the current daily ridership is around 4 million. Most of that occurs during the so called morning and evening rush hours, when professional commuters from Long Island, Ct, NJ and counties north of the city utilize the subways.
I am a huge fan of public transportation wherever I am. Some of the transit lines within Beijing employ TSA like security checkpoints. As I understand it, there is a transition towards facial recognition cameras and AI
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