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Nationalistic flamewar will get you banned here, regardless of what's wrong or you feel is wrong about another country. If you'd please avoid posting like this in the future, we'd appreciate it.

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NYC is notorious for behavior like this. NYPD, Port Authority, corrupt unions, and other mafia like behavior. It’s the reason they have a hard time updating their subway and other things. It immediately becomes a power grab for many parties.

In other cities like mine this would be big news. Not to say they won’t give other cops a break but the card system is corrupt at its core.

Yes I agree this tracks with the long history of NYC, certainly a fascinating rabbit hole but quite nasty to live through NYC was once a political powerhouse and a bastion of corruption, using unfettered illegal immigration as a lever to manipulate votes and outcomes - see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammany_Hall

Hate to bring it to you but as it might not be as corrupt the Netherlands is not devoid of this kind of behavior. For example if you “accidentally” show your policeacademy student card instead of your real ID you will get a different treatment at a traffic stop.

> another confirmation of how incredibly corrupt of a banana republic the US is

I don’t think that’s at all a reasonable conclusion, but yes, low-level police graft needs to get stamped out, because what the actual fuck.

September 12, 2024 at 12:41 p.m. EDT: NYPD commissioner resigns amid federal corruption probe - https://wapo.st/3TrnijL

Great! The rule of law doesn't mean no crime happens, it means that those who commit it (and I note he claims not to be a target for the probe, so should be presumed innocent) are tried and punished if found guilty.

Stupid paywall - here's a BBC article about the resignation https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05j5ezy6nro

This isn't low-level. This is institutionalized through the police union and being enforced throughout the organization, including knowledge of that enforcement at the highest levels.

But yeah, banana republic is misapplied.

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