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New York City cops are refusing to issue citations as part of their mini rebellion against the elected civilian leader of their town. And that is the least disturbing part of the story. There’s no doubt that the NYPD crisis has disturbing implications on various levels. Amid a national discussion about police tactics and strategy, and the understandable grief following the murders of two NYPD officers, it amounts to a vigorous ideological counterattack. In effect, many cops (or at least their more intransigent leaders) want to assert that law enforcement is a quasi-sacred social institution, one that stands outside the law and is independent of democratic oversight. salon/2015/01/03/the_nypds_mini_rebellion_and_the_true_face_of_american_fascism/
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 19:18:44 +0000

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