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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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I'm actually surprised this kind of thing hasn't happened sooner.
And poor people in general are pretty fed up. I thought there was a chance that pitchforks and torches were going to show up to burn down Wall Street in 2008. If it weren't for TV, the internet, etc to distract them, the poor working class probably would have already revoluted.*
*is this a word?
