“That goddamn cowboy is the president of the United States”
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In 1895 Teddy Roosevelt became a police commissioner for Gotham. As president of the New York City Police Board, he wanted to end police corruption and make NYC a safer and more just place. This pissed off political groups such as Tammany Hall, which benefited from rigged elections and partisan job promotions.
After months of hard work, Teddy Roosevelt wanted to test his reformed police officers by making them enforce an unpopular law, the Sunday ban on alcohol. The law was super unpopular, but wasn’t revoked because it wasn’t enforced. When it was enforced it was done selectively to target people Tammy Hall didn’t like. And when people did try to enforce the law equally, political machines used it as a way to remove the individuals.
Teddy Roosevelt’s equal enforcement of the law, and lack of fear of Tammy Hall, resulted in many corrupt politicians and gang leaders getting arrested. This infuriated corrupt political groups around the country.
Years later as Teddy Roosevelt’s influence grew, corrupt political groups were concerned his reformist policies would hurt their interests. So he was made the Vice President, a position with such little influence and power, that Roosevelt would not be a threat during that time.
But in 1901 the President was killed, making Teddy Roosevelt the new President. Bringing in a new sweeping age of reformist policies.
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“That goddamn cowboy is the president of the United States”
In 1895 Teddy Roosevelt became a police commissioner for Gotham. As president of the New York City Police Board, he wanted to end police corruption and make NYC a safer and more just place. This pissed off political groups such as Tammany Hall, which benefited from rigged elections and partisan job promotions.
After months of hard work, Teddy Roosevelt wanted to test his reformed police officers by making them enforce an unpopular law, the Sunday ban on alcohol. The law was super unpopular, but wasn’t revoked because it wasn’t enforced. When it was enforced it was done selectively to target people Tammy Hall didn’t like. And when people did try to enforce the law equally, political machines used it as a way to remove the individuals.
Teddy Roosevelt’s equal enforcement of the law, and lack of fear of Tammy Hall, resulted in many corrupt politicians and gang leaders getting arrested. This infuriated corrupt political groups around the country.
Years later as Teddy Roosevelt’s influence grew, corrupt political groups were concerned his reformist policies would hurt their interests. So he was made the Vice President, a position with such little influence and power, that Roosevelt would not be a threat during that time.
But in 1901 the President was killed, making Teddy Roosevelt the new President. Bringing in a new sweeping age of reformist policies.