"we appreciate that you realize how unfair it is to ask law enforcement to essentially tax the citizens they're supposed to serve and protect. especially since it's usually done to black and brown people, and usually to people who can't afford the fines, which leads to warrants for unpaid summonses, which leads to arrests, loss of employment, and furthering the prison-industrial complex. I'm glad to see that the rank and file members of the NYPD are putting their foot down and telling politicians to grow some balls and raise taxes, instead of using cops as fundraisers. Go cops!"