You can't convince me that he didn't know exactly what he was doing. As the old adage goes, there's no such thing as bad publicity. This made him national news outside of his normal sphere of influence (youtube, twitter) and will almost assuredly generate more viewers after the fact.
It why I wish they'd actually throw the book at him for inciting this because he knew what he was doing and probably wanted this exact situation to happen. The only way to stop it from happening in the future is to take a hard stance against it and punish him accordingly. But it's New York City. The "charges" are probablu just for show and the DA will likely decide not to pursue the case further.
Looks like cops are afraid of citizens tbh
Because they are, at least in major cities now. A decade of "defund the police" nonsense, followed by constant threats to sue and arrest police for doing their job, DAs who have been going after police for use of force while letting actual criminals go without bail or pleading them down to meaningless misdemeanor charges... Police in big cities these days can lose their job and have their lives ruined over the tiniest infraction taken out of context caught on someone's cell phone.
This is the third year in a row where NYPD has seen "record numbers" of police quitting or taking early retirement and dwindling numbers of people wanting to replace them. This is happening in major cities across the US and in the rush to try and replace the police who are leaving, cities are lowering standards and fast tracking new candidates into those spots, leading to
more incidents of bad policing and power-tripping cops (like the Tyre Nichols murder by Memphis officers).
