The job is dead!

[GoodTaste]

Does "The job is dead!" mean "The job is meaningless!"?


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NYPD fires officer 5 years after Garner's chokehold death

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The decision was welcomed by activists and Garner's family, but condemned by the head of the city's largest police union, who declared that it would undermine morale and cause officers to hesitate to use force for fear they could be fired.


"The job is dead!" Patrolman's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch said at a news conference, standing in front of a police department flag hung upside down.


His voice cracking with anger, Lynch called Pantaleo an "exemplary" officer and called for union members to participate in a no-confidence vote on the mayor and commissioner.

Source: China Plus
http://chinaplus.cri.cn/america/us-news/1958/20190820/335871.html

 

[Tdol]

I think he means that police officers will be too restricted by the decision to be able to act effectively.

 

[SoothingDave]

And more importantly, that people will leave the field and not enter it. You won't be able to find people to be police.