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healthetank
lemmy.ca

Some choice quotes from the official Toronto Police email response:

The police can park where they need to. If they wanted to park upside down, inside out, or on top of a building, that would be acceptable.”

“Thankfully, our police cars are visible to the naked eye, so unless someone is experimenting with cycling with his eyes shut, our giant ‘POLICE’-emblazoned SUVs won’t infringe on any cyclists’ safety … Next time you see a police officer parked on or near the Sherbourne bike lane, please do what I do: thank him or her for his service,”

“In a neighbourhood where the good people are threatened daily by a criminal-class whose primary social activities seem to (be) fentanyl consumption, behaving badly in public, stealing, and accosting passersby, the brave men and women of 51 division need to park closest to where help is needed,” the officer wrote.

“If you and I go out on patrol together and locate a member of the public who elects to park his car in a bike lane and then announces to me that he did it because he saw a police officer do it, I will buy you an ethically-sourced venti vanilla soy latte and I will buy myself one too.”

Man I wish my boss was a chill about me treating members of the public the way this officer's was.

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ImplyingImplicationsreply
lemmy.ca

This is all the quiet parts outloud.
Police don't need to follow the rules they enforce.
Police don't understand what makes something unsafe (cyclists aren't worried about running into your car, they're worried about having to enter the roadway to get around your car).
Police should be worshiped like heros.
Police believe "criminal" is a class of people.
Police think anyone who complains about police is a libtard soyboy who cares about people's feelings.

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Timecirclelinereply
sh.itjust.works

Agreed on all counts. Especially unnerving to say the "criminal class" part when Canada and especially the greater Toronto area are facing an affordability crisis and people are turning towards crime to survive.

And then the ethically sourced soy latte comment? So unnecessary.

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delirious_owlreply
discuss.online

The only class of people that are criminals is poor people, who have to resort to doing crime to feed their families.

So basicly they're saying "our job is to hurt poor people"

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SamuelRJankisreply
lemmy.world

As someone who advocates for unions. The police unions seems pose quite a hazard for the public these days.

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mojofrododojoreply
lemmy.world

That's because they're not unions in the traditional sense, they're rackets. From overtime schemes to protecting criminal cops, police unions are not trade-unions. It's gross.

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chonglibloodsportreply
lemmy.world

How is that any different from construction or longshoremen unions? Both also with deep ties to organized crime, acting as a parasite on the economy.

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i_love_FFTreply
lemmy.ml

One of them also acts as a parasite for the public's safety.

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steal_your_face
lemmy.ml

In Chicago a woman and her child were hit and killed when they had to leave the bike lane because a vehicle was parked in it. Fuck these cops.

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rickywithanm
aussie.zone

If these officers were responding to a call, why didn’t they leave their lights on?

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