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Re:NYPD rejects request for its freedom of information handbook by pekk on Sunday February 16, 2014 @10:23PM (#7250474)
Not every thing an elected official does becomes a public document. Democracy does not mean that every little thing is subjected to a public vote.
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Re:NYPD rejects request for its freedom of information handbook by greenyoda on Sunday February 16, 2014 @10:28PM (#7250489)
We're not talking about a "little thing" here. We're talking about a document that defines the official policies of the NYPD being kept secret.
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Re:NYPD rejects request for its freedom of information handbook by ck2 on Sunday February 16, 2014 @10:35PM (#7250510)
Doesn't have to be a vote but there has to be an accounting.

We're talking about sunshine vs stasi mentality.

It's like having secret laws we can't know about but are subject to penalty, democracy is not supposed to work like that.

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