The recent NYPD Twitter PR fiasco shows just how far removed from reality law enforcement has become across the country. Officers are no longer viewed as knights in shining armor protecting and serving the citizenry. They fill the nightly news with beatings and killings of pets, children, the homeless, the mentally ill, students, parents, and upstanding members of the community. The idealized images of cops saving kittens from trees or stopping crimes in progress is all but a distant memory whereas in the present, the simplest interaction with law enforcement can lead to harassment or even worse, DEATH... So when the NYPD made its Twitter feed available in an attempt to bridge the gap between everyday citizens and law enforcement, they quickly realize they had burnt that bridge long ago as the video below illustrates.
http://youtu.be/wttFxr0YbyE
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