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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Someone from NYC should weigh in, but I think the problems with the NYPD have been building for a long time.
Giuliani and Bloomberg seemed almost proud of how out of control their cops were. Bloomberg referred to them as his private army, and made jokes about how he had the 7th largest army in the world. During the occupy stuff, they were among the most aggressive police departments around, and were praised for it. The NY Times and the Wall Street Crowd have been cheerleaders for aggressive policing.
I think the mayor has a tough job. The NY City Army expects the city to be run for their benefit, and that they should have no controls on them or criticism of them. The Mayor has to reign them in.
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This whole thing strikes me as the kind of traditionally third world problem that is invading the US. As the demographic mix of extreme wealth and extreme poverty make us look more and more like India and China, maybe this is the kind of government we should all look forward to having.
Maybe American exceptionalism and our neat-o democratic institutions have more to do with the relative equality of American prosperity compared to the rest of the world than to any inherent genius of the founders.
