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  1. Get Out Of Jail Free cards for friends and family of cops who are pulled over in #TrafficStops, but the same infraction could cost a #BlackAmerican their life!

    #NYPD officer lands $175K settlement over ‘courtesy cards’ that help drivers get out of traffic stops

    By PHILIP MARCELO
    Updated 7:38 PM EDT, September 10, 2024

    NEW YORK (AP) — "A New York City police officer has reached a $175,000 settlement with the city in a lawsuit that illuminated the use of the 'courtesy cards' that officers dole out to friends and relatives to get out of traffic stops and other minor infractions, according to an agreement filed in Manhattan federal court Monday.

    "The deal brings an end to a lawsuit brought last year by Officer Mathew Bianchi that claimed he’d been punished by his superiors for failing to honor the cards, though the settlement itself makes no substantive changes to how the cards are used by NYPD officers.

    "The laminated cards, which typically bear an image of an NYPD badge and the name of one of the city’s police unions, are not officially recognized by the police department but have long been treated as a perk of the job.

    "The city’s #PoliceUnions issue them to members, who circulate them among those who want to signal their NYPD connections — often to get out of minor infractions such as speeding or failing to wear a seat belt."

    apnews.com/article/nypd-courte

    #CourtesyCards #ACAB #GetOutOfJailFreeCard #Monopoly #Corruption #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #PoliceOfficers

  2. @molly0xfff

    Wow, a #billionaire #techbro / #cryptobro is actually being held to the same legal standard as an ordinary citizen? What the heck is going on here?

    Oh, wait... #SBF's net worth effectively disappeared overnight when #FTX and #SVB went belly-up, right?

    Ahh, yep, there it is. He's no longer a billionaire, so his #GetOutOfJailFreeCard has been revoked. He's effectively an ordinary citizen again, so he's once again bound by the same laws that apply to everybody else.

    Such a sudden, tragic fall from grace! What ever shall he do?! 😂

    #EatTheRich #BillionairesShouldNotExist

  3. In March, a man in Minnesota was stopped by a police officer and tried to use a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card. Afterwards the local sheriff’s office wrote that ‘Minnesota does not recognize this as a valid document’, causing a 400% rise in arguments over Monopoly across the state.

    #Minnesota #police #sheriff #law #GetOutOfJailFreeCard