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-Handsome-Jim- t1_j6k1ylw wrote

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

I'm licking boots for pointing out that I think it's wrong but harping on it as much as you do is childish?

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_aware t1_j6k5ava wrote

You are downplaying the severity of this evidently widespread issue for the cops. So yes, that sure fits the definition of bootlicking.

People are harping on it because no action is being taken to punish law enforcers who are intentionally breaking the very laws they are suppose to enforce.

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thecentury t1_j6n1u98 wrote

>You are downplaying the severity of this evidently widespread issue for the cops.

Widespread? I'd really like to know your definition of the term widespread when speaking of the NYPD. There's 40,000 employees in the NYPD. If this is so widespread you're telling me.... I don't know.... 25,000 NYPD employees are out there blocking plates, running red lights, and breaking vehicle traffic law?

Do realize the daily shit show the roads would be if this were true?

Or in reality, maybe a few hundred or so are doing stupid shit like this. 200 out of 40,000 total employees, or 0 .5%. In reality 1/2 of 1% of the NYPD are acting like assholes. (I guess 0.5% to you is widespread)

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-Handsome-Jim- t1_j6k5znk wrote

I'm not down playing the severity.

It's a minor traffic violation. Heck, it's so common place that you might even do it yourself. You're just throwing a temper tantrum because you don't like cops. That's all.

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_aware t1_j6k7o2n wrote

Do you know what downplaying means? It hinders the identification of vehicles in hit and runs. It also hinders the identification of vehicles that run red lights. So it's not just a minor traffic violation.

Nice strawman. I like cops that do their jobs. In my very limited encounters with NYPD, their officers had been professionals and treated me well.

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-Handsome-Jim- t1_j6k8gel wrote

Yes, I do know what downplaying means. Do you?

We're talking about them obstructing their license plate. That's an extremely minor traffic violation. That's not downplaying it. It's an accurate summation of exactly what it is.

I mean what do you think the punishment is for someone who doesn't have an occupation you hate who obstructs their license plate? Execution? Life in prison?

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SolutionRelative4586 t1_j6llg7p wrote

No. We don't like anyone who does it.

You were the first person on the thread to mention cops. Why do you assume it's cops? Is it because you and I both know it is?

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