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sifill.bsky.social • 66 days ago

Is the NYPD a private security force?

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At the scene of the Amazon strike:

The NYPD has now erected barricades to allow Amazon contractors to enter and leave the distribution center, helping Amazon break the picket line.

Comments

truman3.bsky.social•66 days ago

And a union themselves?🤔

awenyddion.bsky.social•66 days ago

Apparently so….

callmedonkey.bsky.social•65 days ago

Going back to their roots.

shouldhave.bsky.social•66 days ago

Yes.

knoxiseric.bsky.social•66 days ago

Always have been.
Corrupt bunch of henchmen

iamdarrenmack.bsky.social•65 days ago

https://lawcha.org/2014/12/29/stop-kidding-police-created-control-working-class-poor-people/

freedom2b.bsky.social•66 days ago

NYPD are very often just plain white.

snarkymi.bsky.social•66 days ago

Yes, they are trained Porto- fascist already.

magswags.bsky.social•65 days ago

This is shocking!

noreen28.bsky.social•65 days ago

Cancelled my Subscribe and Save order

12trose.bsky.social•66 days ago

They didn’t put this much effort into finding the ceo shooter.

abroshar.bsky.social•66 days ago

Yes. The private side of their business is called the Paid Detail Unit, and this is their rate sheet: https://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/public_information/nypd-258_paid_details_2016-06-16.pdf

truthcomes1st.bsky.social•66 days ago

Well, the Mayor personally escorted Luigi so yes it is.

kerrypren.bsky.social•66 days ago

That's a rhetorical question, right?

laurentguy.bsky.social•66 days ago

Law enforcement has almost always helped strikebreakers. Unionized police are anti-union for everybody else.

ratingbook.bsky.social•66 days ago

Mayor's orders, helping Bezos bust unions to impress TrumPutin for a pardon. Fuck, these men are trash.

buckwylde.bsky.social•66 days ago

This is familiar. They were formed to provide security to the wealthy and retrieve runaway slaves…neighborhood patrols.

notvanjones.bsky.social•66 days ago

Yup. They have always protected the rich and powerful.

edifiedlistener.bsky.social•66 days ago

They've really got their hands full today what with breaking up picket lines *and* bringing Luigi to prison. 🙄

phaseblowly.bsky.social•66 days ago

For rentseeking parasites? Yes.

conscientiousice.bsky.social•66 days ago

Private Legalized Gang

daledidporn.bsky.social•66 days ago

I'm old enough to remember when the national guard lined up along Baltimore's Inner Harbor during the Freddie Gray protests to protect the fancy commercial and residential developments there

reezenphd.bsky.social•66 days ago

Always has been. When is the last time they stopped and frisked a white guy in a suit?

egod77.bsky.social•66 days ago

wtf?! I hope Amazon workers do the same if nypd goes on strike! Outrageous

c-majuscula.bsky.social•66 days ago

On my feed, the post below this one from @jortsthecat.bsky.social had a comment about the Luigi photo that also applies here:

"Cops don’t protect us. They don’t serve us. They protect capital and keep the rest of us in line, with violence. Look at this"