THE BEAT GOES ON … AND ON
Once Again, Police Pummel a Plan for Reform
Last Wednesday, an enormous mob surged out of control, menaced citizens, pushed through police lines onto city hall steps, and blocked traffic on Broadway and the Brooklyn Bridge. But uniformed cops stood by, smiling—for the marauders were fellow cops, thousands of them. Yelling profanities and racist slurs, they rocked and dented cars; some kicked a New York Times reporter in the stomach, others chanted “asshole, asshole” at a bewildered photographer and at stalled drivers who talked with journalists. One such driver, Virginia Santana, was near tears at the blockade; she was
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