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Adams' Israel Trip and Modeling NYC Policing on a War Zone
from K5 & Digidog | The Tim Dillon Show #362 · #362
5 min
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Tim criticizes Mayor Adams for citing a security trip to Israel as inspiration for NYC policing, arguing it's dangerous to model an American city's law enforcement after the world's most volatile region, and pivots to Digidog, the robotic dog for emergencies.
- Mayor Adams, a former Transit cop, was elected on a promise to reduce crime without violating civil rights but now wants to model NYC policing on Israel's security practices.
- Modeling policing after Gaza and Israel—the most volatile region in the world—will only result in civil rights being stripped away.
- Tim on Digidog: the robotic dog deployed in emergency situations is presented as necessary for building collapses, which happen once every 400 years in NYC.
- The press and officials are lying about Digidog's purpose—claiming it's only for building collapses when it will obviously be used for surveillance in everyday situations.
- Digidog won't show up when someone smokes weed on a park bench, but will find its way into other policing scenarios once normalized.
- Adams announces 'Digidog is out of the pound'—suggesting the mayor is high and being handed an eight ball to approve cool surveillance gadgets.
- Instead of robots and digital dogs, NYC actually needs bail reform, adequate policing, and proper police training—things the city has given up on doing.
- Human beings have failed at actual solutions, so the city is replacing them with robots and digital dogs as the new approach to public safety.