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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's another NYPD cop "turning"!
So, it seems the NYPD sees their job as planting evidence to meet their quotas.
http://gothamist.com/2011/10/13/nypd_narcotics_detective_testifies.php
On 86% black and latino people.
That is, when NYPD cops aren't slamming 89lb boys through plate glass windows and then chaining them to a bed for four days while claiming the boy was under arrest for assaulting someone else.
*Source: various Anonymous twitter feeds while checking on their action.
However, check this one cop out. Last comment: "Portrait of Courage" +1
Source: https://twitter.com/TrackKingCole/status/548954809714618368/photo/1
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Here's another NYPD cop "turning"! (Original Post)
daredtowork
Dec 2014
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I wonder about the racial divide in the NYPD... the leadership in that organization is slack
uponit7771
Dec 2014
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uponit7771
(90,363 posts)1. I wonder about the racial divide in the NYPD... the leadership in that organization is slack
... no doubt
uppityperson
(115,679 posts)2. good luck to those who did not turn their backs, brave cops.
ellenrr
(3,864 posts)4. true- now there will be distrust among "brother and sister" officers.
It's always dangerous in places like the army and police to not "go along to get along"
Does anyone know the percent of how many turned ?
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)3. Where are those guys from?
They look like NJ state trooper uniforms. They don't even belong there.
ellenrr
(3,864 posts)5. they had cops there from all over the country. The number I heard was 23,000.nt