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The funny thing about the "tough on crime," folks, is that they get genuinely angry when any laws at all are enforced against them. 🙂🙃

Read this article and try to find out why the residents hate this rookie cop, and why the author felt the need to put his personal info in the article. Like, why do I need to know that he played lacrosse?

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1

He gave a drunk driver a ticket. Isn't that what cops are supposed to do? He hasn't learned, "Don't ticket rich white people!" yet.

Daily Mail · Sag Harbor cop who didn't recognize Justin Timberlake during DWI arrest is unmasked as rookie...By Ruth Bashinsky
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@mekkaokereke Drunk driving is a genuinely bad thing that results in a lot of deaths and injuries. This cop caught someone doing it and enforced the law.

It's vaguely interesting that the cop didn't recognize him, but the identity of the cop should be a non-story. He did his job.

The reaction to this shows why there are so few good cops. Do your job by the book and this is the kind of coverage it gets.