NYPD's Twitter Outreach Backfires as People Expose Their Brutality

By Ryan Denson

The New York Police Department, in the last couple years facing harsh criticism for their controversial and unconstitutional ‘Stop and Frisk’ took to twitter and launched their own advertisement, using the hashtag #myNYPD with the picture, saying “Do you have a photo w/ a member of the NYPD? Tweet us & tag it #myNYPD. It may be featured on our Facebook:”

This was in April. Within two days, just two days, Twitter would ignite with pictures of police brutality from all across New York City, exposing the NYPD for brutality, inappropriate conduct, and sheer stupidity, all while using the force’s #myNYPD.

Some of these images are NSFW, and some will make your blood boil. Thanks to social media like Twitter, images, words and actual people are able to expose the often overlooked and dark side of the ones who are here to protect us.

This woman, Molly Crabapple, was arrested at an Occupy Wall Street demonstration.

 This is a woman being dragged away by police forces at a protest demonstration, while her shirt is pulled up, exposing her bra.

       This man has his leg run over by an officer on his bike.

              After 16-year-old Kimani Gray was killed by police, and the community took the streets to protest, this is how the officers responded.

   This was posted from Occupy Wall Street.

           And apparently, doggies are just as bad as criminals and should be promptly subdued.

Hey, I’ve got a great idea! Instead of using the NYPD to violently break up Occupy Wall Street protesters and people fighting for justice, let’s send them down to Nevada to deal with Cliven Bundy and his ilk!