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"Rioting Is a Threat to Public Safety. Police Unions Are a Worse One."
http://reason.com/blog/2015/04/27/baltimore-protests-riots-and-police-unio"The union called peaceful protesters a "lynch mob" days before the first protester hurled the first rock at a Baltimore cop. How much has the Baltimore police union contributed to the current situation in Baltimore. And if police union rules prevent the city from dismissing bad cops or cops whose actions harm police-community relations, aren't they a threat to public safety"
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Real unions fight for fair wages and safe working conditions while Police "unions" fight for the right of people within their ranks to kill people and get away with it. They will also gladly arrest members of other unions to protect big corporations. These POA/FOP gangs have never showed solidarity with the struggle of other union members.
This is what Police "Unions" stand for:
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