So you think cops did this? In front of a precinct with surveillance cameras. Because that totally wouldn’t have consequences. Edgy comment though.

No, actually. Cops are civil servants with weapons. I don't care how large or small an infraction is, they need to be held accountable for ALL OF IT. There is no such thing as a frivolous lawsuit against a defacto military force we allow to police and manhandle citizens. If your solution to the problem is to just let cops get away with bad behavior for free, you're not actually trying to solve anything.

Ah yes, because we all know Republicans love to hold cops accountable. /s

Not that I condone this shit, but they used chalk on a sidewalk. What tangible action could possibly be taken here? No property damage, and we have free speech.

All you need to do is so voting for Democrats.

They have done nothing to stop police brutality but morons keep voting them in.

Yea, we absolutely have to be vigilant about that and antisemitism is a real problem - but like normally that manifests in spray painting synagogues or throwing rocks at kosher stores. Actions that are more damaging and imply some level of premeditation (eg getting spray paint).

I’m just speculating here, but this smells like kids doing something stupid on a dare. A police station is a weird place to target antisemitic vandalism. You can barely see this so in terms of impact it’s pretty low (it is probably already gone with a quick hose down of the sidewalk). And it looks like they just grabbed a paver and carved it into the sidewalk so likely didn’t bring any tools of their own to do this. Just doesn’t check out as something an actual antisemite would do.

Or it could be antisemites targeting a heavily Jewish neighborhood.

And then nothing will happen regardless. Im not being pessimistic, it’s just time and time again this happens around nyc and I have yet to see any tangible action taken once an investigation is opened, if it is.

are people misbehaving to try to win lawsuits? maybe need better training? is lack of respect for authorities causing people to be more combative?

That's possible, but there are other swastikas drawn other places. I hope it's a childish prank that they didn't realize would be so harmful, but Forest Hills is still a heavily Jewish neighborhood, and I won't rule out this was done to target the Jewish community here.

Anybody try their weed yet?

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oh.. ok...

Cause no one gives a fuck about trump. Has nothing to do with “consequences” or legality of protests

Then why did no one show up

The Trump supporters stayed home, so more lies could not be constructed. We are still here

The judges are salaried, the staff are salaried, they show up every day regardless of whether its a criminal or civil trial. I'm aware the system costs money. However, you are making an unfounded assumption that actually litigating some cases would result in any meaningful differences in expenditures by the city, when it's likely NOT the case.

Shocking

There's so much gassing up about a hoard of right wingers descending, like the "planned day of hate"; it turns out to be a fucking hoax; and there's zero reflection about any of it or what the motivations of those promoting these ideas might be.

But summer 2020 vandalism and arson stretching from Union Square into Chinatown (including residential blocks), Fordham Road, all over the city? Probably millions of dollars of damage in Midtown?

Just "burning the Target", as some goblin described it here...140 cities, one Target each. I guess. "Peaceful but fiery" and virtuous. You still see the remnants walking through Lower Manhattan, all the disgusting graffiti.

Fuck the media and fuck the political agents who own the coasts to an absurd extent, who mysteriously dominate every election from the top to the bottom of the ballot, even when they run candidates that would probably be better suited to a shitty NGO internship (or a mental ward) than public office...but still have to gaslight about a big scary oppositional bogeyman in blue America to leverage power. It's disgusting. It's not even QAnon levels of conspiratory, it's just openly mendacious and stupid.

Downvoted for logic. Not allowed on Reddit, sorry.

They still hold them. Design on a Dime event in a couple weeks.

People gotta work.

that too

Hey, thanks for the personal insult. Really elevated the conversation.

I've been walking in this city since the 1970s. I've never been hit by anything. If you're so scared of walking the streets that you have to take a bus to deal with your paranoia caused by the occasional extremely rare crash, maybe you live in the wrong city. Or maybe you should seek mental health counseling to deal with your anxiety issues.

And, yes, watch where you're going. Keep your phone in your pocket. Pay attention to your surroundings. You'll be fine.

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Hey, they want to help, not get smacked in the face