Cop who refused to honor the "get out of jail" cards that NYPD officers sell wins $175k settlement after retaliation

New York Police Department officers give away and sell so-called “courtesy cards” that can be flashed to other cops like them to get out of traffic stops, arrests and other trouble with the law. The cards facilitate blatant corruption, not that you can do anything legal about it, and officers who refuse to honor them are retaliated against by their superiors. — Read the rest

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