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BrikoX@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

After Bodycam Footage Undoes Its Narrative, NYPD Agrees To Pay $13 Million To Anti-Police Violence Protesters

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After Bodycam Footage Undoes Its Narrative, NYPD Agrees To Pay $13 Million To Anti-Police Violence Protesters

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BrikoX@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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Cops really hate policing protests that target police. But that has been the reality since Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ripped the bandage off an unhealed wound by placing his knee on t…

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    That’s just taxes with more steps once the government bails out the pension fund.

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      You’re right.

      Lets do nothing instead.

      Worked so fucking well so far.

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        Flipping some accounting details on lawsuits isn’t going to fix anything. Real accountability is needed, cops need to go to jail or be barred from ever being cops again with far more frequency.

        Law enforcement exceptions need to go away as well, if people can’t touch a phone while driving cops shouldn’t have a laptop up.

        All this requires getting legislators on board though.

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      When have governments ever bailed out pension funds? I’ve mostly seen states rolling them back or removing them completely in recent years.

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        Most recently the teamsters. https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2022/12/15/kevin-brady-biden-teamsters-bailout-private-pension-politifact/69729204007/

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