mekka okereke :verified:
I told y'all, cops don't do what you think they do.🤷🏿♂️
Black folk know this from lived experience. Some white folk only learn this when they go to report a theft or sexual assault and find out that the $11B/year NYPD are not equipped to handle that.
15K NYC bikes stolen a year!
https://www.404media.co/nypd-bike-lock-chain-kryptonite-columbia-university-protests/
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mekka okereke :verified:
15,000 bikes stolen in NYC every year! Many of these bikes are stolen from college campuses. Cops are not effective in their recovery. Confirm this with someone that's reported a bike stolen in NYC.
And yet, police care so little about the problem, that they don't even recognize a heavy duty bike lock.
Of course, that's the less cynical interpretation of why the police would say what they said about the lock.
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mark
@mhoye @PedestrianError @mekkaokereke 100%
They want to avoid the entire situation. There isn't an easy insurance company to pass the problem to, so they dodge entirely.
PedestrianError :vbus: :nblvt:
@mekkaokereke Cops love bike theft. It’s very convenient for them. It cuts down on bike ridership and reduces the number of complaints about their SUVs being illegally parked in bike lanes. They’ll probably now make a push for bike locks to be banned so bicycle users can’t protect their vehicles at all.
mhoye
@PedestrianError @mekkaokereke From personal experience, cops just don't show up _at all_ for hit and runs if the person getting hit was on a bike.
mekka okereke :verified:
And because this question always comes up from my EU friends: No, the $11B number is not hyperbole. Yes, that really is the police budget. Not the US police budget, or even the New York State police budget. New York City alone, will spend $11B this year on its police force.
It has cancelled school music programs, reduced the number of days public libraries are open, reduced public swimming pool hours, to make budget room to increase the police budget, in ways they admit don't reduce crime🤡
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mekka okereke :verified:
What if we had 100 fewer cops harassing Black folk and beating up college students, and replaced them with even 25 more stolen goods recovery officers / SA detectives?
There's no such thing as a fiscal conservative. Because whether someone is conservative or progressive depends on who is getting the money!
🙂🙃
For example, me being fiscally conservative: "$11B a year sounds like a lot for local government! What do we get for all that money?"
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GreenSkyOverMe (Monika)
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