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Bill deBlasio wants you to be nice (1 Viewer)

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And if you aren't, he will send the police to your house

Those who commit hateful but noncriminal conduct should be confronted by the NYPD, @NYCMayor @BilldeBlasio says: “I assure you, if an NYPD officer calls you or shows up at your door to ask about something you did, that makes people think twice, and we need that.”
Sounds like a great idea and could never be abused. 

 
Some authority does work to scare some people straight before it becomes criminal.  That's not that uncommon of a line of thinking
I agree with you to a point. However in New York it is really easy to charge people with hate crimes. This would open the door to way too many things. 

 
I agree with you to a point. However in New York it is really easy to charge people with hate crimes. This would open the door to way too many things. 
It certainly might but there is no point in speculating.  We don't know what will happen.  

Like i said it's a pretty proven theory so it's not a half bad idea.  

I'm still a believer that we can be a reasonable society...maybe i'm naive

 
Tourist: Excuse me, sir, can you tell me how to get to the Empire State Building, or should I just go #### myself?

NYer: At least the cops can’t come now, you jackhole.

NYPD: We need a word with you  

He’s asking NYers not to be NYers. 

 
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It certainly might but there is no point in speculating.  We don't know what will happen.  

Like i said it's a pretty proven theory so it's not a half bad idea.  

I'm still a believer that we can be a reasonable society...maybe i'm naive
Maybe? Try certainly. Jesus. I'm not even sure I'd call it "naive". Much closer to sheer stu-  Hold on there's a knock at the door.

 
This sort of thing absolutely infuriates me because it pushes two buttons simultaneously.  First, it's almost surely unconstitutional to send a police officer to scold somebody for something they said.  It seems like that would be a clear cut first amendment violation.  Second, we spent last summer having a national freak-out about criminal justice reform, and your solution is to get the police more involved in everyday life?

I just really can't express the depths of how much I hate certain public officials without drawing a ban.  

 
This sort of thing absolutely infuriates me because it pushes two buttons simultaneously.  First, it's almost surely unconstitutional to send a police officer to scold somebody for something they said.  It seems like that would be a clear cut first amendment violation.  Second, we spent last summer having a national freak-out about criminal justice reform, and your solution is to get the police more involved in everyday life?

I just really can't express the depths of how much I hate certain public officials without drawing a ban.  
Bill deBlasio in a nutshell.

 
I just really can't express the depths of how much I hate certain public officials without drawing a ban.  
Now I really :wub:  this guy.  (<---- sarcasm)

Permit issued for a pot parade in Manhattan (no issue with this) and with the same hand he has just quashed the Veteran's day parade on Memorial Day.  Ummm, WTF?

What is wrong with this guy?  

 
Now I really :wub:  this guy.  (<---- sarcasm)

Permit issued for a pot parade in Manhattan (no issue with this) and with the same hand he has just quashed the Veteran's day parade on Memorial Day.  Ummm, WTF?

What is wrong with this guy?  
Honestly, sometimes you can judge a book by the cover or the man by his words and actions.

Maybe there's a good reason, but given his previous judgment, I'd say that's likely not the case.

And the OP, as Ivan points out, is just an outrageous abuse of power. Just when we were screaming and marching about defunding the police, he's going to send them door-to-door on official manners missions?

GTFO

 
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Now I really :wub:  this guy.  (<---- sarcasm)

Permit issued for a pot parade in Manhattan (no issue with this) and with the same hand he has just quashed the Veteran's day parade on Memorial Day.  Ummm, WTF?

What is wrong with this guy?  
The pot smokers got their permit through the parks department, not the city.   de Blasio had nothing to do with approving their parade.

“We got a permit from the Parks Department,” rally spokesman Stu Zakim said. “We had a police escort the whole way, they shut traffic down, all that stuff.”

Lantry called the stealth permit process “insane.”

“There’s a reason this goes through NYPD — for security for those in the parade and those on the sidelines,” he said. “Parks should have no role in this parade, as it never has for a century.”

Police officials confirmed that they have issued no parade permits since the beginning of the COVID crisis — but have provided security services anyway to marches and parades that continue to step off.

“We have accommodated hundreds of marches, protests, and other gatherings even without permits,” said NYPD Deputy Commissioner John Miller. “Any group where the event is planned, the NYPD was made aware, and it was conducted peacefully, has been accommodated.”

Zakim offered the vets a bit of advice: “Try Parks!” he said. “If they can’t get their permit one way, get it another.”

 
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Biggest surprise is that the pot smokers just put more work into getting their permit than the vets did.  
Maybe a bit of hubris thinking there's no way the city would deny a Veteran's day parade.  I wouldn't think they'd quash it, either - that's kind of astounding, to be honest.

 
It certainly might but there is no point in speculating.  We don't know what will happen.  

Like i said it's a pretty proven theory so it's not a half bad idea.  

I'm still a believer that we can be a reasonable society...maybe i'm naive
Correct!  Castro, Stalin, Mao and the Kims have used it to masterful perfection.

This shouldn't be a problem at all.

 
Maybe bill should have told the shooter that killed a 4 year old tourist in Times Square.  Shooting up 90% in nyc. 

 
Maybe bill should have told the shooter that killed a 4 year old tourist in Times Square.  Shooting up 90% in nyc. 
If it's the recent one - that 4 yr old wasn't killed. thankfully.    just awful seeing this stuff.

link

"The NYPD is still searching for the gunman who shot three, including a 4-year-old child, in Times Square over the weekend.

Authorities say the person of interest, 31-year-old Farrahkan Muhammad, was targeting his brother after a dispute that turned into a shooting."

 
DeBlasio dons nets gear.

"How do you do, fellow kids?

Mayor Bill de Blasio became an instant meme Tuesday when he donned a black Brooklyn Nets jersey under his open blue button-down shirt, and never-worn flat-brimmed Nets hat for his morning press briefing Tuesday."

seems like an SNL skit, but it's not.

 
no i don't at all...just responding to your comment.  Lots of things work, doesn't make them right
Ok.    My point was that there a lot of ways to intimidate people into silence.   Any that involve the cops being used to do it suck.

Others ways may suck as well.   But the cops preemptively doing politicians thug intimidation suck extra amounts.

 
Ok.    My point was that there a lot of ways to intimidate people into silence.   Any that involve the cops being used to do it suck.

Others ways may suck as well.   But the cops preemptively doing politicians thug intimidation suck extra amounts.
I agree if you are going to do this you should have educational people and not take people off the front lines

My only point is that it's a very common theory and one that is/has been applied forever across the world

 
I agree if you are going to do this you should have educational people and not take people off the front lines

My only point is that it's a very common theory and one that is/has been applied forever across the world
Well if you have any people from the govt showing up to nag people.   They will be calling police to save them.   Or the cops will be investigating a lot of homocides.

 

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