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New York City residents submitted 14,000 complaints to the city’s police about people violating social-distancing rules, but they have led to relatively few summonses and arrests https://t.co/9bemDcXU0G via @bigdeal_nyc
— James Fanelli (@fanellijames) April 21, 2020
14,000 complaints? Honestly seems a little low. What the hell else are people doing these days? We need to start issuing more telescopes and binoculars to 75-80-year-olds living on the Upper East Side because clearly they’re underequipped and underfunded for their essential duties. Those are our frontline warriors. They post up in their little window perches with a cup of tea and a super old dog and keep the neighborhood safe from 12 floors up, one 311 call at a time.
Can we get a breakdown by borough?
Since New York City added a "social distancing" category to 311, there have been 14,000 complaints about alleged scofflaws in stores, parks, and on the street: https://t.co/088U6O48qt pic.twitter.com/g6zrAusey2
— katie honan (@katie_honan) April 21, 2020
Brooklyn leading the snitch charge. No surprise there. Sure, it’s the most populated borough, but it’s also the place to live if you believe in enacting citizen justice from the safety of your planted roof terrace. Twitter is calling it the Karen of boroughs, and that’s more than fair.
Lol Brooklyn’s the Karen of NY
— jeckles (@onjeckles) April 22, 2020
Tough time to be a Karen.
Thankfully, the NYPD isn’t giving these snitches the time of day. That has to be frustrating. Imagine how many people are asking to speak to a supervisor on these 311 complaint calls? Good lord.
Thank you for your service, dear snitches.
Night gathers, and now my watch begins…