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In reply to the discussion: For those on DU who feel that police "unions" are legitimate and are acting "responsibly" [View all]True Blue Door
(2,969 posts)10. Police unions should only concern themselves with pay, benefits, and safety.
Beyond that is a perversion of their responsibilities.
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For those on DU who feel that police "unions" are legitimate and are acting "responsibly" [View all]
99th_Monkey
Nov 2014
OP
Yep. They only get "one angle", not the "whole picture", which you get from the officer's report.
Faryn Balyncd
Dec 2014
#7
Oh sure, and calling it a "myth" is really gonna help. Ass (Roorda, not the OP). nt
uppityperson
Dec 2014
#8
Police unions should only concern themselves with pay, benefits, and safety.
True Blue Door
Dec 2014
#10
True, but pretty-much everyone knows Wilson murdered Brown, plain & simple. nt
99th_Monkey
Dec 2014
#21
What you describe 'fired from your job' is what a Union should do. What the police Union said about
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#49
Actually, the polls I've seen suggest the majority of Americans disagree with you.
Donald Ian Rankin
Dec 2014
#56
Hey now they are not going to protect most people's right to protest or exercise 1st Amendment
lunasun
Dec 2014
#22
The police unions could be more selective about who they will go to bat for
loyalsister
Dec 2014
#23
Just think, if the courts treat police just like us ordinary serfs...maybe we can eventually move
Rex
Dec 2014
#64
You are certainly free to oppose the opinions and activities of any particular union.
branford
Dec 2014
#50
I guess for every good thing, there is a bad side to it, or someone who abuses it.
99th_Monkey
Dec 2014
#54
I beg to differ. This is criticism toward members of another Union for expressing their opinion.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#44
"It'd be a shame if anything should happen to you nice folks all safe in your dome there."
Iggo
Dec 2014
#42
I support body cams too. So what? Oh, and please refrain from putting words in my mouth.
99th_Monkey
Dec 2014
#65
What no one can explain to me is how making the police minimum wage with no professional standards
Starry Messenger
Dec 2014
#55
For the same reasons they do it to you guys to generate disillusionment, to reduce the
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#79
You know, I'm not sure but I am lean toward yes, break them. Destroy their power
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#81
In the short term, even worse Pinkerton types but that won't hold up as well
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#85
Supporting Democrats is not, cannot, and should not, be a requirement for unionization.
branford
Dec 2014
#70
Teachers don't get guns. Groups that support republicans shouldn't get our support here.
Exultant Democracy
Dec 2014
#72
Scott Walker and his pet police union would disagree, they gutted the other union's rights
Exultant Democracy
Dec 2014
#75
Because that's part of the police "jurisdiction", protecting the status quo.....
socialist_n_TN
Dec 2014
#73
Your coloring of the unions seems beg a valid and rational alternative. Shall we wait...?
LanternWaste
Dec 2014
#60
Individuals can say this shit, but inappropriate as a statement by the Union.
uppityperson
Dec 2014
#62
Unfortunately I am on a device that won't copy paste, but the last part is not in support
uppityperson
Dec 2014
#77