Mayor Bill de Blasio has been in office barely a year, and already forces of entropy are roaming the streets, turning their backs on the law, defying civil authority and trying to unravel the social fabric.
So begins the brilliantly ironical NYT op-ed of today regarding the NY Petulance Department. Or as the NYT characterizes it the Dept. of "sullen insubordination."
No, not squeegee-men or turnstile-jumpers. We’re talking about the cops.
http://www.nytimes.com/...
And they end ballsy:
If the Police Department’s current commanders cannot get the cops to do their jobs, Mr. de Blasio should consider replacing them. He should invite the Justice Department to determine if the police are guilty of civil rights violations in withdrawing policing from minority communities. He should remind the police that they are public employees, under oath to uphold city and state laws.