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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
(17,325 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)lapucelle
(18,040 posts)bbernardini
(9,934 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
(7,380 posts)Sorry, pilin on...
Goodheart
(5,264 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
(23,374 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
(35,816 posts)under which that could be done.
The data on police performance records, civilian complaints, etc., has yet to be compiled anywhere.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,149 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.