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The NYPD, ostensibly tasked with maintaining public order, has proven that it cannot handle political dissent without exerting anything less than military-style force. For two months, it has continuously abridged the rights of citizens to peaceably assemble, and of journalists to document these assemblies. It has lost its claim to legitimacy.
The NYPD has discredited itself: Tough tactics and intolerance favor the rich and flout the rule of law
by Michael Tracy
See also, MF GLOBAL FALLOUT: I Will Never Do Business In The United States Of America Again
Is this the global trashing of America while its leaders tout "American exceptionalism"?
Major institutions losing their legitimacy should be an alarming wake-up call.
Major institutions losing their legitimacy should be an alarming wake-up call.
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