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jl250 t1_j4ta9pa wrote

Reply to comment by Evening_Presence_927 in NYPD Captain Jackson Cheng falsifies 400 work hours totaling $60,000 in salary, is allowed to retire with partial pension rather than be fired by Remocracy

You go ahead and worry about one individual charging overtime; I worry more about the fact that NYC had approx. 2,200 homicides *annually* in the 1990 - 1992 period - immediately preceding the time Guiliani came up and cleaned up with a strong police force. Demonstrably saved thousands of lives. And considering that 96% of shooting victims in NYC are black or Latino - Guiliani and Bloomberg saved thousands of Black and Latino lives with their strong police forces.

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jl250 t1_j4sdwe5 wrote

Reply to comment by Evening_Presence_927 in I Am Michelle Go’s Father. I Am Marking Her Death Where She Lived. by WickhamAkimbo

Just...wow, at this comment. This is really not worth my time, but you should try to learn about statistical significance. You just shared 12 examples of tragedies spanning like 15 YEARS. I remember these incidents - some of them, like Abner Louima and Amadou Diallo are probably some of the defining events of my childhood as an NYC kid.

Twelve tragedies over 15 years do not represent a trend. Many more than 12 people die per year from their TVs falling on them, falling down stairs, slipping in the bathtub, etc.

As a 120 lb. woman, I wasn't really the target of stop-and-frisk, but I sure care about my father (who is constantly stopped and asked if he is Ice-T), and my older brother (who strongly resembles Mace, the 90s rapper). I have never once stayed up at night thinking about them being stopped and frisked, I sure do worry about them catching a stray bullet in the Bronx, from the gangs who are running unabated.

Finally, I realize there are a lot of bored white people like you (as revealed by "prick" and "fascist") who want a pet project or something, but minorities are not it. We don't need your "help". Stop promoting hatred of and undermining the police. *We* live in the high crime neighborhoods and public housing that are ravaged by gangs, not you.

If you want a cause, go to the ASPCA shelters and help some homeless dogs.

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jl250 t1_j4rvop6 wrote

Reply to comment by Evening_Presence_927 in I Am Michelle Go’s Father. I Am Marking Her Death Where She Lived. by WickhamAkimbo

None of what you have written above is based in reality.

The controversy around policing during their terms was the practice of stop and frisk. I think stop and frisk is easy to criticize.

Now, I ask you - what is better, being stopped and questioned by police, or being hacked to death with machetes on a Bronx street like Lesandro Guzman?

Were we better off during stop-and-frisk, or in 2022 when 150 KIDS were shot, making them 1 out 10 shooting victims?

Maybe you DGAF about these kids, or the other shooting victims, because they are overwhelmingly in places like the South Bronx and East NY.

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jl250 t1_ivye2iy wrote

Reply to The Ultimate Subway-Safety Plan by King-of-New-York

Imagine finding comedy in "subway safety - LOL!!!!" Monstrous. The person who wrote this article should have to explain to Michelle Go's family exactly what they found so hilarious about the complex problem of increasing subway safety.

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jl250 t1_iv2rehv wrote

Reply to “Asian American students who have earned admission to Harvard are smart, promising, and have no doubt worked very hard. But in ways . . . they may have also benefited from their racial status long before they applied,” writes sociology Professor @JLeeSoc . by [deleted]

This is completely vile, given what we know about how Asian students are tremendously hurt by current admissions policies. There is a lot for the Asian community to be pissed about right now - may they pay close attention to who is on their side and who is not. Especially horrendous from an NYC-based school, as the evolution of this city is inextricable from its various Asian communities.

My Asian brothers and sisters - in the Latino community we have the mentality of "keep your head down and work harder" (which is what the delivery ppl and taxi drivers in our communities are doing instead of raising hell about crime) - let us not continue that behavior. Y;all should raise hell at Columbia for this bullshit - taking you for granted.

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jl250 t1_is66u9k wrote

Reply to Bodega owners band together with $50K fund to help shops recoup losses after looting by NYY657545

Fernando Mateo is such a hero and a truly important pillar of NYC. Has more love for NYC in one pinky than most of our current monstrous politicians combined.

In the 90s he founded a training institute to train non-violent, first-time offenders coming out of Rikers Island in trades like plumbing and carpeting. He also started Toys for Guns and removed approx. 3,000 guns from NYC streets.

He has advocated for taxi drivers and bodega owners for like three decades now.

This man has really dedicated his life to making NYC better, whether it makes him popular or not. He is a true servant of the public.

We could have had him as Mayor!!! He ran last election. And he's not even a career politician; he made money running a business on the LES for decades.

But because he ran as a Republican, few people paid attention. So disheartening.

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