Get Out Of Jail Free cards for friends and family of cops who are pulled over in #TrafficStops, but the same infraction could cost a #BlackAmerican their life!

#NYPD officer lands $175K settlement over ‘courtesy cards’ that help drivers get out of traffic stops

By PHILIP MARCELO
Updated 7:38 PM EDT, September 10, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — "A New York City police officer has reached a $175,000 settlement with the city in a lawsuit that illuminated the use of the 'courtesy cards' that officers dole out to friends and relatives to get out of traffic stops and other minor infractions, according to an agreement filed in Manhattan federal court Monday.

"The deal brings an end to a lawsuit brought last year by Officer Mathew Bianchi that claimed he’d been punished by his superiors for failing to honor the cards, though the settlement itself makes no substantive changes to how the cards are used by NYPD officers.

"The laminated cards, which typically bear an image of an NYPD badge and the name of one of the city’s police unions, are not officially recognized by the police department but have long been treated as a perk of the job.

"The city’s #PoliceUnions issue them to members, who circulate them among those who want to signal their NYPD connections — often to get out of minor infractions such as speeding or failing to wear a seat belt."

https://apnews.com/article/nypd-courtesy-card-police-misconduct-d5dfdbdad12b01a2cda864f69aa3d1aa

#CourtesyCards #ACAB #GetOutOfJailFreeCard #Monopoly #Corruption #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #PoliceOfficers

#CourtesyCards for friends/family of #LawEnforcement (aka #GetOutOfJailFree cards) are an #AbuseOfPower by those sworn to protect. That they’re unofficially sanctioned by departments across the US makes them universally corrosive to the trust #police & other officers say they deserve from the communities they serve. #Corruption

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/nypd-officer-cites-courtesy-cards-as-a-source-of-widespread-corruption