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I'm sure it was more than just one.

Boston has been known as one of the most racist cities in the North East, at least. White supremacy does not begin and end with slavery.

Loud white supremacists infiltrated the police department. They were already built on it. here's another article that highlights that: https://sites.uab.edu/humanrights/2021/12/08/the-history-of-policing-in-the-us-and-its-impact-on-americans-today/

Reminder that several people on this sub thought it was good actually that the PB had MPD on speed dial when the first details of this collaboration broke.

I struggle to believe this because it means MPD are doing anything, such as getting information to feed to terrorists

The article you linked says it's a mixed history, that in the north it started as a copy of english patrols and in the south it started as slave patrols. You're just ignoring one to elevate the other, exactly what you're accusing me of doing.

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Please don't use pepper spray on the Metro. While I love the spicy southwestern flavor of chilis, not in the eyes!

Many informal police departments in slave states started as police patrols. But you contradict the logic of your source when you say, "Police have *never* have a purpose other than enforcing white supremacy." When your article mentions that the first fully funded full-time police force was founded in Boston half a century after slavery was abolished there. What you're doing is revising history to make it quippier.

Edit: you're also revising history in arguing that there was no infiltration of the police in the Bush Jr administration because your version where they're already infiltrated is quippier.

Fucking bad drivers are a plague.

If you're paying attention you would notice that the same rise in crime is happening across the country. I'm pretty sure it's pandemic related but this country doesn't invest enough into mental health research to really dig into that.

Too bad he can’t be charged with espionage or materially supporting terrorism.

In most countries if a policeman tipped off a terrorist group to so much as a free coffee refill at 7-Eleven, they’d be charged with a capital offense.

Not a lawyer or DC employee, but as a gardener I don't think the city would care. The caveat would be that I'd make sure that it's actually on your property - a lot of DC houses are built right at the front of the property and the city owns what you might think of as your yard.

This is truly, absolutely…unsurprising.

Calls it historical revisionism but clearly doesn't know the actual history smh.

Modern American policing started with slave patrols.

It isn’t “edgy” to say that white supremacy was baked in from the start.

Lock the oathbreaker up and throw way the key. We're through being lenient with traitors.

its not. shit seems to have peaked last summer/fall. things are slowly (too slowly, but still) getting cleaned up. now inner downtown is a bit dead since WFH is a thing, but most other things, including crime, are trending in the right direction.

the one exception seems to be bad driving with fake plates.

Many police departments literally started as slave patrols. Police have never had a purpose other than enforcing white supremacy. I wasn't trying to be edgy, I was accurately describing policing in the US.

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/13/876628302/the-history-of-policing-and-race-in-the-u-s-are-deeply-intertwined

Been here for 30 plus years myself. The city is not “falling apart” esp in comparison to other US cities

That's a cool and edgy comment, but also historical revisionism. White supremacist groups did make a concerted effort to take over police forces, under Bush Jr. Part of the reason why the report was ignored was that they were radicalizing Iraq veterans as well, and that perceived smear against veterans during the 00s made it toxic to anyone's career to bring up.

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nah, where the city is getting worse (and it's not falling apart), her policies are the problem

That motherfucker needs to be in jail right fucking now

It's not illegal to film in public but the guy has taken it way too far with the porn stuff and is testing limits. He is maybe only a step or two away from actual sexual assault. If you see him, quietly disengage and report it to the station master or Metro Police.