jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoA Columbia University protester says the NYPD made her remove her hijab—despite new policywww.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down110
arrow-up1187arrow-down1external-linkA Columbia University protester says the NYPD made her remove her hijab—despite new policywww.motherjones.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoI’d be more giddy about that except it’s not the cops who ever pay. It’s just the city (and thus, by extension, the taxpayers and their non-policing interests). And the city will keep sucking on the department’s toes.
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoKeep making it more expensive to suck on their toes and perhaps eventually they’ll stop.
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoNope. They just whip up more fear mongering and increase the police budget by slashing social services.
I’d be more giddy about that except it’s not the cops who ever pay. It’s just the city (and thus, by extension, the taxpayers and their non-policing interests). And the city will keep sucking on the department’s toes.
Keep making it more expensive to suck on their toes and perhaps eventually they’ll stop.
Nope. They just whip up more fear mongering and increase the police budget by slashing social services.