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BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR! YOU MAY GET ANSWERS THAT YOU DON’T WANT, AS THE NYPD HAVE FOUND OUT!

When the New York police department invited people to tweet pictures of their dealings with “New York’s finest” with the hashtag #myNYPD, what could possibly go wrong?

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The Verge

NYPD commissioner responds to Twitter hashtag disaster: ‘I welcome the attention’

By Adrianne Jeffries on April 23, 2014 03:26 pm

The commissioner of the New York Police Department was unruffled by the ugly photos of police violence that flooded Twitter yesterday in response to a tweet from the agency. “I kind of welcome the attention,” Commissioner Bill Bratton told the New York Daily News. “We really broke the numbers yesterday.”

Just before 2PM, the @NYPDnews account tweeted, “Do you have a photo w/ a member of the NYPD? Tweet us & tag it #myNYPD. It may be featured on our Facebook.” The hashtag rapidly turned into a “bashtag,” as the Associated Press put it, with Occupy Wall Street and other activists tweeting their unflattering photos of cops using violence. Soon, #myNYPD became one of Twitter’s top trending topics.

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Do you have a photo w/ a member of the NYPD? Tweet us & tag it #myNYPD. It may be featured on our Facebook. pic.twitter.com/mE2c3oSmm6

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Yours truly. RT @NYPDnews: Do you have a photo w/ a member of the NYPD? Tweet us & tag it #myNYPD. pic.twitter.com/olAxGgU4Hs

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Reportedly, no one has been punished for the social media disaster that highlighted an organization with a history of abuse. The photos are “old news,” Bratton said. “They’ve been out there for a long time.” Despite some reports of internal dissent, the agency has no plans to stop using the #myNYPD hashtag or social media. To be fair, there were a number of photos on the hashtag of citizens posing peacefully with NYPD members.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/23/5644498/nypd-commissioner-responds-to-twitter-disaster-i-welcome-attention?utm_content=buffer44d1f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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#myNYPD Twitter callout backfires for New York police department

NYPD’s Twitter feed deluged with images of brutal arrests and shooting victims after attempt to highlight best of officers’ work

theguardian.com, Wednesday 23 April 2014 11.08 BST

The New York police department had tweeted: ‘Do you have a photo w/ a member of the NYPD? Tweet us & tag it #myNYPD’. Photograph: Twitter

When the New York police department invited people to tweet pictures of their dealings with “New York’s finest” with the hashtag #myNYPD, what could possibly go wrong?

The attempt at public outreach, however, backfired spectacularly when users flooded Twitter with hundreds of photos of police brutality during Occupy Wall Street, one of an 84-year-old man brutalised for jaywalking – and even a dog being frisked.

By midnight on Tuesday, more than 70,000 people had tweeted about police brutality, ridiculing the NYPD for a social media disaster and recalling the names of people shot dead by police.

Best part of #myNYPD = pics of dogs being frisked

8:08 AM – 23 Apr 2014

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Police officials declined to respond to questions about the comments, which were being posted at a rate of 10,000 an hour, or say who was behind the Twitter idea. But they did release a short statement.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/23/mynypd-twitter-call-out-new-york-police-backfires?CMP=twt_gu

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NYPD caught repeatedly beating people up and then framing them #myNYPD http://youtu.be/WEKadgJYtMw

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