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Filing off the serial numbers

2020-06-03 01:06:33.616228+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea tweeted a picture of a badge with a black elastic around it ".. in quiet commemoration of our 27 brothers and sisters we’ve lost to #COVID."

The replies were not kind.

RT Andrew Cuda @andrew_cuda

Can I cover my license plate with a band to honor people killed in auto accidents?

law dog, esq. @ggooooddddoogg

mourning by filing the serial number off my gun

RT Assigned Cleric At Birth @Devon_OnEarth

Showing quiet commemoration by placing symbolic black tape across my bodycam lens

Others suggested that maybe other decoration may be appropriate, but Yaksisoba @yaksisoba

Cops wearing armbands would be pretty on point from what we've seen...

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