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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4904500" data-attributes="member: 48469"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/22/us/new-york-crime-wave-ride-along/index.html" target="_blank">We spent two nights on patrol with the NYPD. Here&#039;s what they told us about spiking crime in the city</a>&quot;I will say words matter,&quot; Inspector Joseph Seminara, commanding officer of the 46th Precinct, told CNN. &quot;I think a lot of the small element here, that&#039;s making quality of life miserable for the hard-working community, feel emboldened that it&#039;s okay to ignore a lawful command by the police. It&#039;s okay to fight the police. Words matter.&quot;The growing animosity creates real dangers for these officers on the beat.&quot;We&#039;ve had people threaten us, you know, threaten to kill us, threaten to kill our families,&quot; Officer Rosado told me. &quot;&#039;I hope your family dies. I hope your family gets raped.&#039; You know like, stuff like that, that we&#039;re supposed to brush off.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4904500, member: 48469"] [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/22/us/new-york-crime-wave-ride-along/index.html']We spent two nights on patrol with the NYPD. Here's what they told us about spiking crime in the city[/URL] "I will say words matter," Inspector Joseph Seminara, commanding officer of the 46th Precinct, told CNN. "I think a lot of the small element here, that's making quality of life miserable for the hard-working community, feel emboldened that it's okay to ignore a lawful command by the police. It's okay to fight the police. Words matter." The growing animosity creates real dangers for these officers on the beat. "We've had people threaten us, you know, threaten to kill us, threaten to kill our families," Officer Rosado told me. "'I hope your family dies. I hope your family gets raped.' You know like, stuff like that, that we're supposed to brush off." [/QUOTE]

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