A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from February 05, 2023
“You talk shit about cops now, but just wait until a guy breaks into your house…”

A satirical comment about the usefulness (or rather the uselessness) of police was posted on Twitter by “the hype” on May 31, 2020, and received over 33,000 likes:
     
“You talk shit about cops now, but just wait until a guy breaks into your house and you need to call someone who will show up an hour late and shoot your dog.”
     
   
Twitter
the hype
@TheHyyyype
you talk shit about cops now, but just wait until a guy breaks into your house and you need to call someone who will show up an hour late and shoot your dog
10:19 PM 路 May 31, 2020
     
Twitter
aeug
@thomaswitt11906
you all talk shit about police now but just wait until you get robbed and you have to call someone who will show up an hour late and shoot your dog
11:33 AM 路 Jun 6, 2020

iFunny
DuncanLemp420_2013
6 jun 2020
漏 you talk shit about cops now, but just wait until a guy breaks into your house and you need to call someone who will show up an hour late and shoot your
   
Twitter
Adrian Ramirez
@adrivn_r
Ya鈥檒l hate cops now… but when your house gets broken into and you need to call someone that will show up an hour late and shoot your dog… who you gonna call? 馃槀
12:38 AM 路 Jun 10, 2020
   
Reddit—Muthuslah
Crossposted by u/TaiwanNationalist June 12, 2020
You want to defund the police now but wait until your house gets robbed and you need someone to show up an hour late and shoot your dog
   
Twitter
Shower Thoughts
@fShowerThoughts
People think that the cops are fucking Batman when all they do is show up an hour late and shoot your dog for barking
3:03 AM 路 Jan 2, 2022
 
Twitter
Rothmus 馃彺
@Rothmus
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
YOU TALK SHIT
ABOUT COPS NOW,
BUT JUST WAIT UNTIL A
GUY BREAKS IN YOUR
HOUSE AND YOU NEED TO
CALL SOMEONE WHO WILL
SHOW UP AN HOUR LATE
AND SHOOT YOUR DOG.
1:10 AM 路 Feb 6, 2023

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health • Sunday, February 05, 2023 • Permalink


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