What is embarrassing to me, an old cop, is seeing all the young law enforcement officers in uniform behind Kerry when he speaks. In my day, we would have been looking for a job when we got back to the station. I guess the difference is we did not have unions to protect us then. Our uniforms were issued to us, and if we wanted to make any kind of political statement is was in civies.
Welcome to FR! It sure looks embarrassing to me too w/ the uniforms behind Kerry. I've had some first hand experience w/ that and trust me, there aren't too many of those officers who are comfortable being there. I worked a Clinton rally in 1996 and a recent Kerry rally where the officers were part of the local security detail. The candidate's handlers go hunting for photo ops and latch on to the on site public safety personel. Not all the time but it happens