From the article: In December 19 thousands of Amazon workers organizing with the Teamsters launched a cascade of unfair practice strikes from coast to coast at the logistics giant.

At the picket line in Queens, New York, police arrested and released Anthony Rosario, a Teamsters organizer, and Jogernsyn Cardenas, one of the striking workers, and then threatened mass arrests before breaking the line in two to allow vans through.

  • @Pieisawesome
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    11 month ago

    More likely started as firewatch or night watchmen in Europe

    • @Glytch
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      81 month ago

      Modern police (at least in America) are much more related to slave catchers than they are town watch.

    • madjo
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      130 days ago

      It’s five to midnight and all’s not well!