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Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social |
there it is.
"The congestion tax is not only a burden on police officers and other essential commuters — it’s bad for public safety,” said Patrick Hendry, president of the city’s police union, in the first of the two releases. nysfocus.com/2024/06/07/h...
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Zach Rabiroff
@zachrabiroff.bsky.social
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If this were Tammany Hall, they'd just write in a deeply corrupt carveout for public officials and cops, and then we'd get our damned subway upgrades.
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andycrain.bsky.social
@andycrain.bsky.social
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Dr. Damien P. Williams (Temporarily Logged Off)
@wolvendamien.bsky.social
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"That's a Nice Civil Society You Got There; Be A Real Shame if Something… Happened To It."
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Karen Ostergren
@karenno.bsky.social
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Ah, right. Congestion-pricing fees would cut into all that money they save parking on the sidewalks and putting little laminated cards on their dashboard.
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Missing The Point
@missingthept.bsky.social
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Why don’t they take A CAB.
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Mariam Watt 🍉
@mariamwatt.bsky.social
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I read that they were expecting an exception for their profession and did not get it.
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Kevin Korb
@kbkorb.bsky.social
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And yet it works perfectly well wherever it's been implemented.
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PeoriaBummer
@peoriabummer.bsky.social
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“essential commuters” Fuck off into outer space.
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Peter
@cgblue.bsky.social
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Spoken like a person who's never been outside the United States.
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Poorly Drawn Magneto
@celestialteapot.bsky.social
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Maybe if they actually had to live in the neighborhoods they worked in they’d at least try to do a better job
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Miamichefpapi
@miamichefpapi.bsky.social
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Police unions have zero credibility or integrity.
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RI Smith
@rismith.bsky.social
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You can't force the cops to take the subway, even if they're getting paid overtime to ride it.
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John Kaprielian
@johnkaprielian.bsky.social
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Don't forget Westchester and Putnam, and all the firemen too
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TommyBenBergman
@tbapple.bsky.social
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It’s not just the commute, it’s the eventual crackdown on illegal plate covers and guy’s wives getting detailed bills when they drive outside their precincts for nookie.
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Gabe
@gabewastaken.bsky.social
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ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!
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ETX Gov 🏴☠️
@etxgov.bsky.social
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Bad for public safety? Easier routes for fire trucks and ambulances with less traffic? Less folks getting smashed by cars? More funding for critical public transportation infrastructure? Those are all so bad for public safety I guess.
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mjfgates
@mjfgates.bsky.social
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THEY CAN TAKE THE FUCKING BUS ..hm, is that excessive? Am I being mean to the poor police? ..nah. BUS!
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@annepaulson.bsky.social
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Cops don't want to pay to drive their F-150s into Manhattan and park them on the sidewalk, but that is not a public safety problem and no one should feel sorry for them.
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@annepaulson.bsky.social
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It's bad for public safety when a cop from Staten Island can't drive into Manhattan and park his F-150 on the sidewalk? Exactly how does gridlocking the roads and blocking the sidewalk harm public safety, again?
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L
@noisybrooklyn1.bsky.social
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Of course. 🤬
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bobby (frociaggine)
@bobbylewis.bsky.social
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if they make cops exempt from it would they stop being such piss babies (no)
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Eulogy
@eulogy.bsky.social
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The cops are the worst and ostensibly the great majority of them are under the purview of democratic party officials and yet...
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SpectorHairDay
@spectorhairday.bsky.social
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Serious question: NYPD and FDNY have to pay tolls to commute to work? It's not picked up by the department? Instead of killing congestion pricing, why wouldn't NYPD and FDNY be exempt for work-related entry to the zone?
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Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
@unaha-closp.bsky.social
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I had a hunch
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Magically Hip
@rwilks.bsky.social
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Occam's razor
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kcarruthers
@kcar.me
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London seems to have survived its congestion tax for <checks notes> since 2003
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MizzKaraRose (she/her)🏳️⚧️
@mizzkararose.bsky.social
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You can nearly guarantee a policy is a good one if the police union is against it
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Derek Fox
@partialobserver.bsky.social
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Bad for public safety how?
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J. D.
@jdetc.bsky.social
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If the cops are really indispensable for public safety you could just require them to live in their assigned precinct, problem solved.
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Lauren McKenzie [free 🇵🇸]
@themckenziest.gay
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bro.
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Brendel
@brendelbored.bsky.social
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Yeah it’s too much work now if you’ll excuse me I’ve got to collect 170,000 dollars in overtime for being part of operation “defend Columbia University’s janitor closet”
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@dmgerstein.bsky.social
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They are notoriously lawless on the LIE. Getting the uniformed services( active, off duty,or retired) off the road would be a boon to public safety.
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TeeOh Raccoon
@teeoh.bsky.social
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Little Gems
@lettucewrangler.bsky.social
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Insiders say it was pressure from Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jefferies.
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Kwisatz Sazerac 🖤 🐀🐀🐀
@acekatana.bsky.social
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Real strong example of “every struggle for justice eventually has to go through the cops”
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XaiaX ̆̈
@xaiax.net
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Oh NOW it makes sense.
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Sage 🏳️⚧️
@trans.bsky.social
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“local armed crime syndicate opposes barebones environmental legislation, putting lives of disabled American patriots at risk.” someone hire me, i need a job.
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John TImmer
@jtimmer.bsky.social
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Dying to hear how having less traffic in the way of emergency vehicles is bad for public safety.
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oinonio
@oinonio.bsky.social
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NYPD Cops should be required to live in NYC. Not really "their" community when they don't.
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PeterS
@paradiddletriplets.bsky.social
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so, fewer cars = less safe streets? im at a fucking loss, i am.
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CKJohnsonBK
@ckjohnsonbk.bsky.social
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I strongly support free MetroCards for City employees, including cops, because it seems fair and also because it would be a delightful troll.
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Big Fat Bartolo's Colon
@bigfatbartolocolon.bsky.social
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"The congestion tax is not only a burden on police officers..." ok, double it
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Jacob
@raoulduke1976.bsky.social
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They get paid bank, those pigs can afford this.
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Mike Vincent
@mikevincent.bsky.social
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as someone in their 7th decade of life I’d like to say fuck the police as loudly as I can
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Aaron Bourque
@afbourque.bsky.social
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We really gotta start defunding the police.
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@wscotgrey
@wscotgrey.bsky.social
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Rick does Math and Stuff
@mathandstuff.bsky.social
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Maybe NYC should stop letting the police union be in charge of all their policies. They seem to be getting veto power these days.
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Sid Oozeley
@oozeley.bsky.social
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maybe if they lived where they policed it wouldn't be a problem for them
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Codhisattva
@codhisattva.bsky.social
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Pull a Reagan and fire them all. The PBA is corrupt and the NYPD is corrupt. “Union” my ass.
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Codhisattva
@codhisattva.bsky.social
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Do not cross the police “union”. Ex Sean Maloney (who didn’t even waver in his support and look what happened!)
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Billy Domineau
@billydomineau.bsky.social
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@lthorklebrush.bsky.social
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Aha!
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Queen Gwenevere
@queengwenevere.bsky.social
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OF COURSE it’s the cops whining and getting whatever they want! Again. Aaaaaarrgggh
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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social
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to be clear, the cops have always fucking loathed congestion pricing for purely selfish reasons
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Alannah
@clevelannah.bsky.social
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What's the problem, they already all have defaced license plates.
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Vince
@chillshorts57.bsky.social
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As someone who loved on Long Island, I fucking HATE the weird ass relationship LI and NYC have forced each other into, it's literally making it worse for both of them all across the board
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Jombucha
@mangetout.bsky.social
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If you're paying protection money to a gang, you can't introduce fees on the gang for going about their protection racket.
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CS Clark
@csclark.bsky.social
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Brings a whole new meaning to 'police state'.
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Linguiça May Alcott🇺🇦
@silkscreenfiend.bsky.social
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I'm shocked. Shocked. Actually I'm shocked at myself for not putting this together before now. Fucking NYPD assholes. Why do we let them live in the burbs now anyway?
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Voters Are Our Last Hope
@theprestige.bsky.social
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Cops: Just another gang.
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dL Sams
@dldot.bsky.social
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OH MY GOSH! THIS HADN'T CROSSED MY MIND. I didn't care either way but now I am in support of congestion tax.
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ConeyLove
@coneylove.bsky.social
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Yes, the cops who only stopped endangering pedestrians by illegally parking on our public sidewalks when they got sued.
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@outsyde.bsky.social
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"essential commuter" 🤮
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𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑠
@petestaiano.com
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Maybe they should move farther away so they won’t have to be impacted by driving in
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Jess Jess
@jesscoffeecakes.bsky.social
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Literally said this to a friend yesterday. Of course it is
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Willful Willing Contraceptively
@willfulwinnows.bsky.social
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What I can’t fathom is like… issue a windshield tag for first responders? 98% of the NYPD doesn’t commute below 91st street to go to work. Absolutely no need to pause for this. This is a burden on actual essential workers, delivery drivers, far far worse and no one cared.
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@mjk4mj.bsky.social
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More cops taking mass transit into the city to go to work should increase public safety when compared to that same amount of cops sitting in traffic in their private cars as they drive into work.
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@mjk4mj.bsky.social
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A guy whose members physically abuse protesters, doesn't have a clue about public safety.
Next, this idiot police union boss will tell people it's safe to sit in a car with its engine running in a closed home garage.
theicct.org/new-study-qu...
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@mjk4mj.bsky.social
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A police union boss just lied to the public (dude shouldn't have a job doing anything with law enforcement). He is too dumb to know about climate change. "Traveling by public transportation is 10 times safer per mile than traveling by automobile.", www.apta.com/news-publica...
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@mjk4mj.bsky.social
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A prior NY cop union boss, Lynch, endorsed rapist convicted felon Trump, with indicted Giuiliani by his side, 4 years ago. Intelligence isn't a requisite to be a police union boss. London, UK is very safe, London has congestion pricing for over 20 years.
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@mjk4mj.bsky.social
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Mass transit is safer than people driving cars. I wouldn't expect an imbecile NY cop union boss to know facts. Higher health care costs for everyone because of illness due to car pollution. More air pollution for the cops who work in the city.
"... 10 times safer ..." www.apta.com/news-publica...
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Sarah
@whtabtpineapple.bsky.social
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WOW. Why can't they commute in??
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Tim Morton
@timmorton2.bsky.social
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Colour me surprised
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Anagram Doe
@anagramdoe.bsky.social
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I had my money on blackmail from the beginning, and police blackmail is proven effective with New York politicians
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Not kidding; wish I was
@nkwiw.com
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burden to police officers? is this guy trying to talk us into supporting it??
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brad
@bradiscranky.bsky.social
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jfc. "how are we going to get more boat toys this way"
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Catbus
@catbus.bsky.social
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jesus fuckin christ
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Brian
@briancervino.bsky.social
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Having less cars on the road and less traffic is “Bad for public safety”? That’s some pretty ridiculous logic there!
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GoodGuy Morn
@goodguymorn.bsky.social
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These chumps have no fucking idea what the word safety is do they? And every time a driver kills somebody they become the Tony Soprano "how could dis happen" meme
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The Creatively Maladjusted
@tyrotcm.bsky.social
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ACAB
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@angryamadeus.bsky.social
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How bout the fucking cops live in the communities they cop around in. Or would that introduce too many opportunities for accountability?
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Sean of the 418 I'm a teapot
@sheepbop.bsky.social
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Works with no problems in London, UK. No cops or firefighters are whining about ULEZ.
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Julia S.
@booktweeting.bsky.social
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yeah, I felt you were 🎯 with this yesterday, and whoomp, there it is
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ChatGPTom
@siropsalot.bsky.social
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Ok cool, so just take the missing MTA money out of the police budget, problem solved
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Kevin
@kja.bsky.social
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All those warnings 250 years ago about why standing armies are bad? NYPD confirming all of the suspicions.
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@postsenjoyer.bsky.social
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Bizarre witnessing the theoretical turn from “how could we reform/defund?” to “how many people would it take to do any 1 thing legally/politically that the police weren’t on board with? Is that even possible?”
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Gina
@ginatb2.bsky.social
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Fascinating 🧐
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A Thousand Autumns
@wellsbe.bsky.social
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Between judgements, settlements to victims, and the $500 million cost of wasted congestion pricing infrastructure, the NYPD is working overtime to bankrupt the city.
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Jeff
@mrbowlman.bsky.social
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I imagine they could have a stipend or something for cops driving in, but I’m guessing they’d need readable license plates
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LabGrrl 🍉
@labgrrl.bsky.social
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Are you fucking kidding me
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rØbert
@rowast.com
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under Eric Adams is the govt of NYC there to serve the people or just the cops? from an outsiders perspective it looks like its just cops
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SlobberHog
@banjofiend.bsky.social
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Maybe they could use it to thin out the ranks the way return to office does
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