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ChrisFromLongIsland t1_j60lw5c wrote

Reply to comment by CBR929_Guy in Eric Adams dubs NYC private security group ‘wise’ guys for battling shoplifters by [deleted]

This is exactly right. If business or people can't turn to the government to protect them they will turn to the mafia type organization or the A team.

Here is an article on delivery workers forming a the beginning of a mafia because the police can't protect them. It's not there yet but give it a couple of years and some leader will emerge that will enforce a protection racket.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/business/delivery-workers-thefts-neighborhood-watch.html

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CBR929_Guy t1_j60oktl wrote

Soon, it will be donate $1 for us to help keep the bridge safe. Then it will be toll. And so it starts.

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Techgruber t1_j610ckn wrote

Well, now that cops don't have to police weed smokers, maybe they'll have time for this.

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