Matthew Guariglia: The viral video altercation between cops and subway riders in NYC highlights a deeper problem — and mask mandates are a canary in the coal mine.
that if required to wear a wristwatch, they would wear them hidden above the elbow or strapped to the small of their back. Others chaffed at the idea that the commissioner, a political appointee and not a uniformed officer, would dare to try to impose reforms on the rank and file. One officer harkened back to the romanticized earlier days of policing, claiming that the manly patrolmen of the past would reject watches as being “dandy-ish” and a sign of weakness.
The officer concluded by telling journalists, “When they put that rule into effect I guess I’ll ask to retire.” One century and two pandemics later, police are still resistant to top-down orders that interfere with their vision and image. The politics of police and their unions have also become more entrenched and
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