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> Mallory McGee, an attorney with the NYPD Legal Bureau, using another email attached to the drug task force.

This action puts Mallory at risk of getting disbarred. Submitting illegal subpoena's under the color of authority is fraudulent and a disbarrable offense.

Multiple people at the NYPD broke the law and should face criminal action.

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NYPD is famously full of criminals who abuse their position and it seems unlikely to change any time soon

NYPD? All the way up. Last I heard, Adams appointed an NYPD Chief being investigated by the FBI for $300,000 of unexplained cash in his bank account as the public safety officer. [1]

And there's only been a straw donor scheme with multiple guilty pleas, a fundraiser with $150,000 in unexplained gifts, and illegally accepted donations from Turkish citizens resulting in FBI seizure of electronic devices. [2] This all feels like it's gonna get a Clarence Thomas response.

[1] https://nypost.com/2022/01/07/mayor-eric-adams-hires-ex-nypd...

[2] https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/13/investigations-eric...

He’s making sure the public is safe from misspent funds by keeping the funds in his personal bank account. Nothing to see here.

The Clay Davis way! "I'm cutting through all the red tape. Then I load my pockets up with cash, and by the time I do my walk through the neighborhoods, it's all gone!"

Anecdotally most vice in New York City is now more or less run through the police or involves some form of NYPD protection racket. Every couple years a large prostitution or drug ring gets broken up and it's always current and former officers running them. Barely makes the headlines. I know people here who have bought drugs from police officers.

There was an NYPD officer who was an active tong member in NY....

> NYPD is famously full of criminals

There are ways to hold lawyers accountable that sadly don't exist for cops.

At this point the only option to hold police accountable is at the ballot box. The voters need to vote for politicians who will change the system. Or not, if we're getting what we want.

This is similar to a shareholder action for a public company that is being run poorly (however you define that), but where the board is also complicit. No choice except to vote for new board members. If you want, and care enough, and can get enough others to care enough also.

But voters have to stick with said politician while they rebuild the security force.

If a politician, who is technically the boss, starts to clean house of the unified and armed tribe supposedly meant to work for the people of the city, the tribe will usually make quality of life for everyone go down, if not just from the myriad legal challenges, but also from work slowdowns and stoppage.

So then the question is will voters stand by the politician while crime goes up and unsolved for the 10+ years it takes to rebuild a more accountable police force (which isn’t a guarantee either).

Also don't forget at least 40% of the board, employees, and other shareholders are ADAMANT that the internal armed tribe which is actively harming everyone in retribution are actually the good things, call them a tiny cyan boundary, keeping the world from anarchy.

Speaking of crimes, I've murdered this analogy

The people that exert force over us to enforce restrictions, often to the extent that it infringes on civil rights (and sometimes to the extent that it ruins the subject's life), qualify for immunity from responsibility for their actions! And their friends refuse to step in when doing so is clearly the moral choice.

Hey, wait... this sounds a lot like a gang. How did the rebel nation get so "cucked"?

I'll take the other side of the bet if any will offer. This guy won't be disbarred. Will play on manifold markets or with real money here in SF. Up to maybe $1k. They are not at any risk.

Cynical nihilism may be a good prediction market bet but it doesn’t make a very interesting HN comment.

Interestingness may be in the eye of the beholder, but it's neither cynical nor nihilist to observe what usually happens in situations like this and to make predictions about the future based on observations of the past.

Accurate is more important than interesting

It's not cynical nihilism. There's a lot of things I believe in. Just not this.

Many people get this kind of dopamine hit from saying that something is going to happen (similar to the one from telling people you're going to do something). "Twitter is going to fail in 2 weeks" / "Trump will be impeached next month" / "Hunter Biden is going to be jailed". It's traumschadenfreude.

Wishcasting is a kind of interesting, yes, but I think truth seeking is more interesting.

Mallory McGee is a woman.

Thank you. Correction appreciated. Updated.

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