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KoolDiscoDan t1_j8s45nj wrote

Reply to MPD Officer often fed information to Proud Boys leader by oxidadapanda

I remember 6 years ago seeing a black sedan frequently parked outside MPD headquarters with Punisher stickers, Celtic rune, some other Norse rune, Blue line stickers on it. He also had the ‘I’m a Cop, don’t ticket me’ official bullshit sign on the dash. I was thinking ‘This motherfucker is out here in front of the headquarters just saying it!’

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Gilyon01 t1_j8s31be wrote

Reply to comment by KerPop42 in MPD Officer often fed information to Proud Boys leader by oxidadapanda

The article also addresses the evolution of slave patrols to modern police departments in only one sentence: "After the Civil War ended, the slave patrols developed into southern police departments." It doesn't say anything about how this happened or what the actual connection is between the two beyond that. It instead goes on to talk about the various racist laws that were passed in the south following the civil war, and how the police departments participated in them. Which doesn't actually address the thesis that these departments evolved specifically from groups specifically dedicated to the enforcement of slavery.

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Playful-Translator49 t1_j8s27i3 wrote

Reply to Do I need a permit for my garden plan? by GalacticHorizons

DC doesn’t seem to care about crime in general, that said. If you have an annoying neighbor that would turn it in that would be the issue as my guess. I mean it’s cool to car Jack, ride ATVs, run lights, chase bikers etc but they seem to draw the line at wild flowers so who knows about a garden. What a time to be alive

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drumminglulcat t1_j8s1a2u wrote

Reply to Federal Government’s Return To Office Delayed By Union Disputes by Super_lobbyist

“Federal employees have an obligation to deliver services for the American people,” said Jaqueline Simon, national policy director for AFGE. “They do not have an obligation to patronize businesses in downtown D.C.”

This. This is the justification that really irks me. Government officials aren’t even being secretive about the fact that they just want us to be in the city to spend money. They view us as economic objects. They value us in “units of hamburgers and coffee cups purchased.” My Union fought hard, and when I finally do go back into the office once a week, I am going to work so much harder to not spend a single cent while I’m in the city, just out of spite. Bringing my own lunch. Bringing my own coffee. Buying my gas by my house instead of closer to the city.

It sucks that the economy of downtown isn’t what it once was, but it isn’t our job to sustain what was a very risky economic model of everybody being close together all of the time. Especially when beer at my house is 10% of the cost.

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