▲ 835 ▼ As of 30 minutes ago at the time of posting, the NYPD has detained two young Black men after they refused their demands to show ID without explanation or cause. (files.catbox.moe) submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by destructdisc@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 112 comments fedilink hide all child comments The NYPD is skulking through the L train demanding IDs from Black and Latino men, again with zero justified cause or explanation as to why. Source
[–] hernanca@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) "Good" cops become automatically bad just by failing to police their own. One single openly bad cop is enough to make ALL of them bad. They have way too much power to be allowed one single abuse, let alone a systematic persecution of poor people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* They always say "we have a few bad apples" and never acknowledge the complete expression "bad apples" comes from, which is "a few bad apples spoil the bunch". I think the full expression makes the analogy correct. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* They always say "we have a few bad apples" and never acknowledge the complete expression "bad apples" comes from, which is "a few bad apples spoil the bunch". I think the full expression makes the analogy correct. permalink fedilink source parent