How Many Times Have You Felt Like Doing This to a Car?
01-20-21, 04:59 AM
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“This was an animalistic attack in broad daylight,“ said one Manhattan cop, noting that the vehicle’s occupants, a man and woman in their 50s, were scared for their lives. “It shows how far the city has deteriorated and the politicians better get their heads out of the sand and start to deal with these problems before there is nothing left.”
"Animalistic".
You can taste the racism in that statement.
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01-20-21, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by ridelikeaturtle
"Animalistic".
You can taste the racism in that statement.
You can taste the racism in that statement.
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01-20-21, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Paul Barnard
No I can't. It looks to be a fitting descriptor irrespective of the race or ethnicity of the criminals.
Zero progress. Zero.
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I've punched and broke the driver's side mirror of cars that were being driven by asshats (one actively tried to run me off the road) on 3 separate occasions on my motorcycle. 
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01-21-21, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by rideliketurtle
"Animalistic."
01-23-21, 12:25 PM
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Maybe it is my computer resolution, or my aging eyes but I could not tell the race, religion, or even the sex of the attackers in the video.
01-24-21, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by downhillmaster
Not thugs.
Cyclists.
Cyclists.
01-24-21, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by ridelikeaturtle
"Animalistic".
You can taste the racism in that statement.
You can taste the racism in that statement.
01-24-21, 10:44 PM
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I'm not sure where that cops head is, but the politicians are not the ones we're paying to keep us safe on the streets. I'm sure he has a host of excuses for why the politicians are at fault, but the primary responsibility, and the primary failure, in this case lies with the cops. It's their job to police such miscreant behavior.
Perhaps their priorities are misplaced. The can do nothing about this sort of crime because "the politicians", but selling loose cigarettes is a capital offense.
(And I don't think he's correct about the city having deteriorated. It was much worse in the 70s.)
Perhaps their priorities are misplaced. The can do nothing about this sort of crime because "the politicians", but selling loose cigarettes is a capital offense.
(And I don't think he's correct about the city having deteriorated. It was much worse in the 70s.)
01-25-21, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by ridelikeaturtle
"Animalistic".
You can taste the racism in that statement.
You can taste the racism in that statement.
01-25-21, 09:42 AM
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Turtle:
Given the composition of the NYPD it is very possible that the officer who made that statement is not a non-Hispanic White officer. If they were a patrol officer it is likely.
NYPD Police Officers (cops on the street) by race:
non-Hispanic White 43.6%
Black 15.7%
Hispanic 31.1%
Asian 9.6%
Other 0.1%
As an anecdote, the district where I was a firefighter medic had a lot of Hispanic families but only three Black families out of about 500 families total. One of the Black residents of our district was a retired cop. I can just imagine what Jim would have said about such an attack, but if I posted it the moderator would remove this post. Not everything is about race.
Given the composition of the NYPD it is very possible that the officer who made that statement is not a non-Hispanic White officer. If they were a patrol officer it is likely.
NYPD Police Officers (cops on the street) by race:
non-Hispanic White 43.6%
Black 15.7%
Hispanic 31.1%
Asian 9.6%
Other 0.1%
As an anecdote, the district where I was a firefighter medic had a lot of Hispanic families but only three Black families out of about 500 families total. One of the Black residents of our district was a retired cop. I can just imagine what Jim would have said about such an attack, but if I posted it the moderator would remove this post. Not everything is about race.
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01-26-21, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by rydabent
I still hope the actual thugs that did that to that car are caught and are jailed.
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