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Monday, July 19, 2021

C'mere kiddies, Officer Friendly has a new toy for you

The New York Police Department (NYPD) recently unveiled their latest neighborhood propaganda tool — a government-sponsored gaming trailer. Or is it a surveillance trailer? 

Four years ago, when I wrote an article about police department ice cream trucks I thought only kids would be fooled by them. I didn’t think tone-deaf police departments would come up with another disturbing PR move portraying them as ‘officer friendly’ to minorities.
-Larry