Comment by collabs
2 days ago
Especially in the city of New York, I sincerely believe a police officer butting a reflective vest on the front dashboard of their illegally parked car is enough grounds for immediate dismissal/firing from the job and all retirement seized with no recourse. I don't know how we would make it legal but this is the kind of visible, petty corruption that makes people lose their respect for the system.
Folks should Google "PBA card". I was shocked when I read about that practice.
That seems a little over the top of a parking infraction... Maybe they should be summarily shot too.
I think the point is it's not the parking infraction: it's the attempt to get out of it by signaling that they are a police officer. I agree that kind of thing should be taken more seriously than the small offense it's trying to avoid (though maybe not quite so severely).
I don't know, it depends on context and intent, like nearly all things. But this is put aside because most on HN immediately go: police == bad.
If the cop is illegally parked to get lunch, sure ticket them, and/or report them for discipline.
If the cop is attending an incident and that is the only place to park within a reasonable distance, then that's fine.
However the suggestion that irrespective of context and intent, and even for the first contrived example, the cop should lose their job and pension... Ridiculous.
How you went from "losing your government job and benefits due to corrupt behavior" and "well, may as well kill them!" is certainly interesting.
Its a perfect demonstration of the topic in the thread: loss of privilege is equivalent to ending their life itself
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It's not interesting it's over the top ridiculous just like the comment I was replying to.