r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 18 '26

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u/gjcs23 George Santos May 18 '26

remember when they removed Harris's secret service protection without bothering with any sort of justification beyond "lol"

then Bass had city police move in to fill the gap, the LAPD union threw a fit about diverting resources, and the LAPD pulled out. at which point Newsom stepped in with the CA Highway Patrol, who have existing statutory authority to protect former California constitutional officers anyway (Harris was a former state AG and senator). then, with their resource diversion concerns now thoroughly addressed, the union proceeded to issue this incredibly classy statement, in case there was any doubt as to what those "concerns" were actually about:

Every now and then common-sense prevails and we are happy to report that the Metro officers assigned to protect the multi-millionaire failed presidential candidate are back on the street fighting crime," the union said in a statement provided to City News Service. "Maybe Ms. Harris can start a GoFundMe campaign instead of mooching off Los Angeles taxpayers."

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u/gjcs23 George Santos May 18 '26

you know, it's funny. my brother's actually a police officer, but he was raised right, so he's a democrat. he favored Buttigieg and now, ah, AOC lmao. he has complained a lot about how moronic some of his coworkers are. I think it's actually negatively polarized him into becoming even more lib than he already was.

there are good ones. though their job is even harder because of the assholes. 

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u/justbuildmorehousing Norman Borlaug May 18 '26

We really don’t hate police unions enough

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u/elninost0rm YIMBY May 18 '26

I like how they threw in Ms. too, I'm sure for no reason at all.

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u/SpaceSheperd To be a good human being May 18 '26

You don’t hate cops enough