[MeganC]

The problem in New York City in 1964 and to a great extent today is that the NYPD has effectively criminalized the notion of coming to someone else’s aid. My husband told me of a time he was in NYC and stopped a mugger and the first cop to show up tried to arrest my husband for assaulting the mugger! What happened to that cop made the news and my husband showed me the NYT article from 1986!

Things have not changed. The NYPD does not want anyone defending themselves let alone others. DC and any other liberal city are no doubt just the same.

[Justa]

It’s police Union rules. Citizens deterring criminals are in effect scabs.

[Bluewater2015]

The problem in New York City in 1964 and to a great extent today is that the NYPD has effectively criminalized the notion of coming to someone else’s aid.

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Yes, and that’s sad, but it’s the folks in state capitols who write the laws, not police departments.

[The Toll]

Yep, helping someone is a great way to drop $100,000 on a defense attorney.