NYPD Work Slowdown Is Being Celebrated by New Yorkers of Color | The New Republic

NYPD Work Slowdown Is Being Celebrated by New Yorkers of Color | The New Republic: "By Aurin Squire

 For the second consecutive week, New York City police have virtually ceased writing tickets and arresting people for many nonviolent crimes, on the order of a 90 percent drop from a year earlier. After perceived slights by Mayor Bill de Blasio, civil protests against police brutality, and the murder of two officers by a deranged gunman, the New York Police Department is fighting back by not doing its job. Or rather, police appear to be using their resentment as an organizing incentive to skip certain non-essential cop duties.

The police seem to be trying to teach a lesson to a city they feel doesn't adequately appreciate them.

For New Yorkers who value fair policing, though, the slowdown is an occasion to celebrate." red more



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