In the ever-widening gyre of political-correctness-gone-haywire that is wokeism, do we have a new entry with "cop pronouns"? Are the latest weapons in fighting crime pronoun labels, words chambered in 36-point font?
Luckily for Gotham criminals, there's no need to prepare to modify how you address the boys in blue. No xi/xir, nor she/they, thank you very much.
Several prominent conservative accounts fell for the hoax NYPD memo (as seen below).
It claimed that beginning on January 1, 2025, all officers are mandated to sport a "breastbar" displaying their preferred pronouns. In addition, standard issue NYPD polo shirts were alleged to feature pronouns embroidered under the officer's name and rank.
Taxpayers can rest easier at night knowing that their money isn't being spent on cop swag, pins and shirts designed to help the criminal public avoid offending police officers. Imagine if it were true: what about crooks who don't speak English? The department would need pronouns in Spanish, Potuguese, Wayuu, Guarani, Chinese, Bengal, and Arabic.
What about blind criminals? Their visual impairment shouldn't be an excuse to misgender! Someone would have insisted that our peacekeepers get some braille on those breastbars ASAP.
Fortunately, Ian Miles Cheong spotted some telltale signs of a hoax: irregular fonts, the improper title of the communication, and some typos to boot.
So don't spread this meme unless for parody purposes--it only gives the left another "gotcha" moment. Trust, but verify!
After all, the truth is bad enough. Notice the "All Colors Are Beautiful" slogan below, as in ACAB, all cops are bastards? Yes, that happened.
Worse still, the progressive NYC Council overrode former cop Mayor Eric Adams' veto of two police reform bills. It was the first time the Council had voted to override a mayor's veto since the tarnished era of David Dinkins.
The bills, the How Many Stops Act (Int. 586-A) and the bill banning solitary confinement (Int. 549-A) passed by a 42-9 vote in January. The first bill requires NYPD officers to log every encounter with the public, no matter how trivial. The second concerns prisoner rights, such as prohibiting single confinement at Rikers Island.
Critics argue that such measures, the latest in a string of attempts to handcuff the police, will only create more paperwork, thus more overtime, and a more distracted, less friendly police force.
