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“The police can park where they need to. If they wanted to park upside down, inside out, or on top of a building, that would be acceptable.”

The 32-year-old cyclist stared at the email in disbelief. She wondered if the Toronto Police unit complaint co-ordinator who sent it to her been hacked, or was he just having a bad day?

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

“When you do see a police car in the bike lane and they walk out of a Tim Horton’s, that’s not a good look,” she said. “I personally think that those police officers should be held accountable because that’s not right. But again, it’s not my job to police the police.”

Your job title is "parking enforcement officer" who the fuck else is going to do it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Vigilantes, I guess? 'Cause that's what they're forcing by refusing to do their jobs.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

On one hand, the answer seems like something that ChatGPT would dream up of.

On the other, the absurdness of the reply accurately represents the amount of fucks the cops have to give about where they park. They can do whatever the hell they want anyway.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

If the police can't police themselves, someone has to do it

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

The comments on that site are absolutely cancerous.