BiblioPhil t1_ixw0bao wrote
Reply to comment by ripstep1 in What to Know Now That the N.Y.P.D. Is on Amazon’s Neighborhood Watch App by k1lk1
The communities hate them for a good reason. Like the fact that those communities pay them six-figure pensions and they still won't do their job unless they have carte blanche to crack skulls with no repercussions.
ripstep1 t1_ixw4bhn wrote
Then they won’t police them lmao. Same thing would happen if communities hated doctors
drpvn t1_ixw87kr wrote
The communities actually don’t hate the police.
BiblioPhil t1_ixx92j0 wrote
Distrustful is a better term. And decidedly not aligned with conservatives on policies concerning police. Wanting more police presence isn't a mandate for stop and frisk and doesn't mean they don't support measures to increase police accountability.
Grass8989 t1_ixwblaf wrote
The communities don’t hate the police, or else they wouldn’t have voted for Eric Adams, a cop, in the Democratic Mayoral primary.
BiblioPhil t1_ixwr96q wrote
If those people wanted "tough on crime" candidates who promised to use scorched-earth police tactics to "clean up" the streets, they had plenty of Republican candidates they could have supported.
Adams might seem pro-police compared to the progressive Dem field, but on a national level he absolutely wasn't close. He wasn't even supported by the PBA, which regarded him as a police critic and thorn in their side.
In any GOP primary he would have instantly been branded "soft on crime." Reddit's perspective is so skewed on this topic.
Grass8989 t1_ixwrvp9 wrote
He literally ran on a “tougher on crime” platform. That was a major part of his message and campaign, so much so that most on this sub labels him a Republican.
BiblioPhil t1_ixx8wb7 wrote
It's like you missed my entire point about "tough on crime" being relative.
And you're literally using this sub's views of Eric Adams to rebut my point about why this sub is wrong about Eric Adams.
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