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sdotmills t1_jd4c3o2 wrote

Reply to comment by Evening_Presence_927 in NYPD Blows Overtime Budget by Nearly $100 Million, On Pace for Record | The New York City Police Department’s budget overage defies a pledge by Mayor Eric Adams to cut overtime spending by half in his first year in office. by bloomberg

Let me check off getting called a fascist on my daily Reddit bingo card. I’ve been in this sub over a decade bro, not everyone who disagrees with you is a brigader. They’re upvotes, don’t take them so seriously it’s bizarre.

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Evening_Presence_927 t1_jd4btjg wrote

Reply to comment by sdotmills in NYPD Blows Overtime Budget by Nearly $100 Million, On Pace for Record | The New York City Police Department’s budget overage defies a pledge by Mayor Eric Adams to cut overtime spending by half in his first year in office. by bloomberg

Says the guy regurgitating fascist talking points. The only reason you’re upvoted is because subs like this are filled with conservative brigaders

Please show me proof that minority police officers lower the rates of police misconduct.

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Odins-Enriched-Sack t1_jd4amkn wrote

Reply to comment by PrudentLingoberry in Teen brutally attacked in NYC subway station; hate crime probed: NYPD by OpinionPoop

So then people will have to be quicker on the draw. Old school, like Wild Bill and the OG cowboys. More guns mean more practice. Duels at high noon would start popping up all throughout the city, like food trucks. This could eventually have a positive effect. Like increasing tourism. /s

In all seriousness, there are ways to allow for responsible and reasonable gun ownership. I don't think everyone should own an AR-15 or a tank. I also don't believe that it should be super easy to get a gun. I do think people should have a right to keep themselves, their family, and their possessions safe. Law enforcement can not be everywhere all the time and all at once. In some cases, they are completely useless and will end up hurting the victim instead. I also believe that if rights can be taken away, then they are privileges, not rights.

I do, however, understand that rights come with responsibility. There must also be reasonable conssessions made. For example, you have the right to free speech (and all that it entails). You don't have the right to yell "fire!" in a crowded space and cause a stamped. Your right to do something shouldn't infringe on someone else's rights. My right to own a firearm shouldn't infringe in your right to be alive. Were I to abuse that right, then I should be made to deal with dire consequences.

We allow for responsible vehicle ownership. This is despite the fact that vehicles can be two ton heavy metal death machines. We force people to learn to drive and prove that they can drive. We require individuals to register and insure their vehicle. We require mandatory annual inspections and renewal of registration. We have infrastructure in place (not perfect) that influences the way people drive (speeding cameras, stop lights, etc). I believe this could be done for firearm ownership, just in a more stringent way.

If you believe that all it is taking for people to go completely ape shit is access to a weapon; then we already live in a terribly unsafe and deranged society. That would make me feel that I NEEDED a firearm even more. I understand the nature of this subject is sensitive. I wish these conversations could happen in a more reasonable way. I also understand what you are saying and the point you are trying to make. Or at least I think I understand.

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CactusBoyScout t1_jd4aj2v wrote

Reply to comment by Edwunclerthe3rd in In 2019 nyc voted to use congestion pricing to reduce carbon emissions. Three years it’s not implemented but at least the case study required by the National Environmental Protection Act is done…. 4007 pages. by tickleMyBigPoop

Do you feel like the system around these is working appropriately?

I’m not an expert, I just like reading about the mechanics of these projects when I can.

It seems to me, and a lot of non-experts, that timelines for projects like this are just way too long and that perhaps some reform of these processes is needed. Do you think that’s a fair assessment? Genuinely curious.

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Edwunclerthe3rd t1_jd49an6 wrote

Reply to comment by CactusBoyScout in In 2019 nyc voted to use congestion pricing to reduce carbon emissions. Three years it’s not implemented but at least the case study required by the National Environmental Protection Act is done…. 4007 pages. by tickleMyBigPoop

I'm slightly biased towards these reports as that is what I study in school, but I'm also aware that a 500 page statement is going to deter potential readers

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Medical-Ad-4141 t1_jd48e7h wrote

Reply to comment by DoctorK16 in House GOP chairmen ask Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg to testify on Trump probe by newzee1

Thanks for the response. Given that the letter to Bragg makes lengthy allegations concerning the process by which the DA determined to charge Trump, it seems reasonable to think that would become the subject of inquiry from the committee. And, as your “hint” suggests, information concerning internal deliberations about charging decisions would be subject to the privilege.

I don’t think this is “misinformation.” At best, we have a good faith disagreement about whether issues implicating the privilege will arise. I also don’t know what my username has to do with things. It would be the stupidest use of a bot ever to engage in abstract legal debates with random people on Reddit.

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