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In reply to the discussion: 'DE BLASIO, OUR BACKS HAVE TURNED TO YOU' Cold war between NYPD cops, de Blasio takes to skies [View all]branford
(4,462 posts)What does that even mean? It's the same Constitution than demands that minorities be treated the same as whites, and provides remedies to enforce equal protection, as permits and protects the speech of the officers who turned their backs on the mayor and guarantees due process before any discipline. I further expect public policy to be grounded in actual facts, not feelings.
The police union is only concerned with their member officers, as it should be. It's the same way the teachers union is only concerned with their member teachers, the union for sanitation workers only cares about member sanitation workers, etc. That is the essential nature of unions, and these fiduciary obligations are properly enforced by federal and state law. If they seem to act otherwise, it's only because they believe it's inures to their ultimate benefit.
I'm honestly uncertain if you simply make no distinction between the obligations and expectations of the NYPD itself versus its constituent unions, believe police are not entitled to fundamental constitutional or labor protections, are annoyed that more people do not share your perspective on community policing policies, or are just venting about recent injustices.