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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCould/Should Police Unions be classified as hate groups?
Just asking the question.
shockey80
(4,379 posts)tritsofme
(17,379 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)lapucelle
(18,268 posts)bbernardini
(9,938 posts)I was actually thinking shortly before you posted this...is there currently a major police union in this country that isn't a racist dumpster fire?
Watchfoxheadexplodes
(3,496 posts)Sigh
dameatball
(7,398 posts)Sorry, pilin on...
Goodheart
(5,325 posts)PTWB
(4,131 posts)The problem is not with police unions. The problem is with police evading prosecution.
Unions should be advocates for their members.
It shocks me that we have people here who think union busting is the answer when clearly the answer is to prosecute criminal police.
mucifer
(23,549 posts)over 200 black men into confessions of crimes.
If that isn't a hate group I don't know what is.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jon-burge-alleged-ringleader-of-police-torture-in-chicago-dies-at-70/2018/09/20/734aef12-bcd5-11e8-b7d2-0773aa1e33da_story.html
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)ancianita
(36,066 posts)under which that could be done.
The data on police performance records, civilian complaints, etc., has yet to be compiled anywhere.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,356 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Last edited Wed Jun 10, 2020, 06:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Or is this simply another question from your "woke white dude living in Williamsburg in an apartment paid for by his parents" friend?
Just asking the question, part II... return of the derp.