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badtoworse

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13. I don't think we're going to find much common ground here

Reply to sabrina 1 (Reply #12)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 06:27 PM

Feb 2012

Do the things you describe sometimes happen? Yes, but they happen on any sizeable police force at times. If your police force lacked the weapons that the NYPD has, I do not believe they would have the capacity to respond effectively to violent crime, especially if terrorists were involved.

Assuming you had a similarly equipped, 25,000 man "civilian" police, you would have the same issues. Such a police force would include some rotten apples, some guys on the take and they would make mistakes too.

I'll stick with what we have.

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Wall Street’s Secret Spy Center, Run for the 1% by NYPD [View all] G_j Feb 2012 OP

And that's the way it is. raouldukelives Feb 2012 #1

There is nothing wrong with this and your point about mortgage fraud is irrelevant badtoworse Feb 2012 #2

except that the NYPD G_j Feb 2012 #3

I don't see what one has to do with the other. badtoworse Feb 2012 #4

NYPD, like all our other institutions, working for Wall Street. I think it's time to let Wall sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #5

So who would assume responsibility for law enforcement? badtoworse Feb 2012 #6

Well, we need a police force but we need a civilian police force. The NYPD is not a sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #8

No police force is perfect badtoworse Feb 2012 #11

I'm quite familiar with them also. And I do not agree with your assessment. sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #12

I don't think we're going to find much common ground here badtoworse Feb 2012 #13

a few bad apples arrested 1,800, many pre-emptively, during the R. convention, or was it a mistake? G_j Feb 2012 #14

The directions to do that almost certainly came from the Mayor's office badtoworse Feb 2012 #15

certainly G_j Feb 2012 #16

I never understood the love affair and deference given to LEO's. Dawson Leery Feb 2012 #7

Big Bank J.P. Morgan gave 4.6 million to NYPD near the time NYPD were brutalizing Occupy citizens T S Justly Feb 2012 #9

ttt Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #10