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New York cops furious that the union has reduced the number of “get out of jail free” cards they can give to their pals
Every active NYPD cop used to get 30 Patrolmen’s Benevolent
Association “courtesy cards” from their union per year; now they’ll only
get 20 (retired cops used to get 20 and now they’ll get 10).
These cards are known as “get out of jail free” cards, a kind of challenge coin
that establishes the bearer’s bona fides as a friend of the force;
flash the card and cops will give you the benefit of the doubt, tear up
your ticket, or otherwise give you the kid-glove treatment.
The cards were selling on eBay for $200 each when the union announced
the cut, allegedly in a bid to curb the practice (and seemingly in
defiance of the principle of supply and demand).
If I didn’t go out and verify this myself I wouldn’t have been able to believe it. This is like… police corruption that is so stereotypical and slimy that I’d have expected to see it in a Saturday morning cartoon or something. This is the kind of corruption that I thought the police union pointed to as a straw man.
I mean… it’s not that I’m surprised that the police are corrupt pieces of shit and that the corruption is literally institutionalized it’s just… the expectation that maybe the corruption would be a bit more sophisticated, you know?
Seriously, though… this is literally organized crime. This is racketeering. Just having one of these cards in your possession ought to be a felony. Fucking ACAB.
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