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DoubleBlanket t1_j6k1t2w wrote

Reply to comment by -Handsome-Jim- in An album of hidden, defaced, obstructed, and fake plates. The majority of these vehicles are owned by city employees. by NYCBikeLanes

…?

What?

Yes. People who are in charge of enforcing the law violating the law with systemic impunity is inherently worse.

That’s like saying, “Plenty of people don’t wash their hands. You only care that this guy didn’t wash his hands because he’s a surgeon.”

Yeah, absolutely. The context of what a person’s responsibilities are make how we evaluate them different from other people with different responsibilities. If you don’t want the responsibilities no one’s forcing you to do the job.

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-Handsome-Jim- t1_j6k2mv0 wrote

That's an awful analogy even for this sub.

A surgeon going into surgery without sanitizing creates an insane amount of risk that has absolutely nothing to do with a cop obstructing their license plate. Sure, I'd care if my surgeon didn't wash his hands going into surgery but I couldn't care less if he didn't wash his hands going into just about anything else.

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DoubleBlanket t1_j6k43ax wrote

Dude, police should not be allowed use their own discretion to police themselves. That should be obvious.

How would you feel if IRS agents didn’t pay taxes because other IRS agents didn’t enforce consequences against them?

You can’t see how impunity from the law (a) creates a culture in which police feel they can do whatever they want, and (b) why that justifiably upsets people?

Like, what exactly do you think it is people hate about cops? Or are you one of those guys who think people only hate because they’re #jealoushaters?

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