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    John Emerson‏ @backspace 8 Jul 2020

    John Emerson Retweeted NYPD edits

    The NYPD edited the NYPD Wikipedia page to change “an extensive history of police brutality, misconduct, and corruption, as well as discrimination on the basis of race, religion and sexuality” to “an extensive history of reducing crime in the most diverse city in the country.”https://twitter.com/NYPDedits/status/1280839245834452992 …

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    NYPD edits @NYPDedits
    New York City Police Department Wikipedia article edited by the NYPD https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=966663706&oldid=966581234 …
    5:36 AM - 8 Jul 2020
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    67 replies 6,014 retweets 10,939 likes
      1. John Emerson‏ @backspace 8 Jul 2020

        The edit was immediately reverted.

        11 replies 139 retweets 1,722 likes
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      2. Daniel Povey‏ @dpovey1 8 Jul 2020
        Replying to @backspace

        Good for NYPD!

        25 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      3. HuwOS‏ @HuwOS 8 Jul 2020
        Replying to @dpovey1 @backspace

        an unending history of breaking whatever rules they feel like breaking as and when they want to, to benefit themselves

        0 replies 0 retweets 47 likes
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      2. Nora Q. Rosa【𝙾𝚍𝚒𝚘-𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚎】‏ @NoraQRosa 8 Jul 2020
        Replying to @APUSHHistorian @backspace @jessesingal

        are you okay, do you need to be taken back to the factory to be serviced

        0 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
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      2. Peter Conroy‏ @ruhlax_guy 8 Jul 2020
        Replying to @backspace

        Both are true depending on the time period you're looking at...

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Bruce Wilson‏ @brucewilson 8 Jul 2020
        Replying to @ruhlax_guy @backspace

        Crime probably dropped because toxic Leaded gasoline was phased out. Crime levels everywhere in the US - little towns, big cites, urban, rural ALL started dropping in 1992 - when children who weren't so poisoned (after early 70s Lead phaseout) became adults.

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      2. LA Daily Mirror‏ @LAdailymirror 8 Jul 2020
        Replying to @backspace

        I'm shocked... SHOCKED!! That someone would edit a @Wikipedia page to remove unfavorable content!

        1 reply 0 retweets 25 likes
      3. The Unbearable Lightness of Whosafozits‏ @Whosafozits 8 Jul 2020
        Replying to @LAdailymirror @backspace @Wikipedia

        Your shock is threatening to me. The police are on their way.

        1 reply 0 retweets 31 likes
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      1. Rob Sutter‏ @rts_rob 8 Jul 2020
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        Huh. Never seen “committing” spelled that way before.

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