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To Prevent Another George Floyd Tragedy, We Must Fix Police Unions
The Federalist ^ | June 3, 2020 | Daniel Buck

Posted on 06/03/2020 7:51:01 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 06/03/2020 7:51:01 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

It’s going to happen again, just a matter of time, and if it doesn’t, they will pretend it did whenever it suits them best.


2 posted on 06/03/2020 7:53:40 AM PDT by chris37 (China's Gift wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
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To: Kaslin

I’ll see your teachers unions, and call with the police unions.

Show or fold


3 posted on 06/03/2020 7:54:03 AM PDT by z3n
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To: Kaslin

At a minimum, any financial judgment against a police department should come straight out of the Union pension fund. Hurt every cop associated with the department.


4 posted on 06/03/2020 7:54:22 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: Kaslin

“””””No one wants to watch an innocent man suffocate under the knee of a cop”””””””””””””””””””

I think he meant to say...No one wants to watch a career criminal die of a heart attack and heroin overdose.


5 posted on 06/03/2020 7:55:03 AM PDT by shelterguy
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Get.Rid.Of.The.Bad.Apples.
6 posted on 06/03/2020 7:55:06 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Kaslin

fix.

How about do away with.


7 posted on 06/03/2020 7:55:35 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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yeeppppppp


8 posted on 06/03/2020 7:55:43 AM PDT by basalt
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Nobody loves a bad cop.

Except other bad cops.

And the bad lawyers which cover for them.

And the police unions.

9 posted on 06/03/2020 7:55:47 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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NO...NO...NO.. while the unions are part of the problem, the problem lies at the ballot box.... mayors appoint chief of police, who in turn not only allow but encourage this type of behavior in the department...... vote in a tyrant, get a tyrannical police department...


10 posted on 06/03/2020 7:56:57 AM PDT by joe fonebone (Communists Need To Be Eliminated)
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“I imagine their predominantly minority faces and wonder how can I keep them from a similar fate?”

You could tell them not to serve 5 years for a home invasion, don’t work as a porn actor, don’t do a mix of fentanyl and meth, don’t steal while you are high, and don’t resist cops when the catch you.

That might help.


11 posted on 06/03/2020 7:57:57 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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And a teacher...warning us about police unions. That’s rich...


12 posted on 06/03/2020 7:59:01 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: chris37

It will, but before it happens again to a black man, it will happen twice to a white, according to statistics. We’ll never hear of it, tho.


13 posted on 06/03/2020 7:59:21 AM PDT by EnquiringMind
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“”And the bad lawyers which cover for them.”””””

BAD lawyers?????

So people accused of wrongdoing should not defend themselves?

I’ve been on a few juries and I am on the roster for jury duty in Federal Court in Minneapolis this summer if they ever go back to work.

Believe it or not, there are two sides to every story.
If you only want to see and believe in one side then just believe everything the media tells you. It’s easier that way since you don’t have to think for yourself.


14 posted on 06/03/2020 8:00:11 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: EnquiringMind

I meant to say: it will happen to two whites.


15 posted on 06/03/2020 8:00:27 AM PDT by EnquiringMind
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Given that horrible unrest happens even if a white policeman was justified in killing a black thug, it is impossible to fix the problem without addressing the systematic pathology of the black community and the Democrat Party.


16 posted on 06/03/2020 8:01:07 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: EnquiringMind

No doubt about it. If it doesn’t advance the narrative, it never happened.


17 posted on 06/03/2020 8:01:38 AM PDT by chris37 (China's Gift wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
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I disagree. Mayor Guiliani proved the police union thesis is false. Therefore, all protests should be focused on calling for the resignation of the Mayor of Minneapolis and the Governor of the state. Anything less than this is embracing the bigotry of systematic racism of the leadership in Minnesota for the last 40 years. Either the Mayor or the Governor could have already fired the police chief and charged every investigator who ever held a paper with these officer’s names on them. The Mayor and Governors’ refusal to end this cycle of violence through leadership so has proven the racism to which they are blind...

These people understand this language and get white-hot when it is turned on them. The Gov of Minnesota needs to resign.


18 posted on 06/03/2020 8:02:00 AM PDT by Shanty Shaker
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“Even after the most egregious conduct, many cops keep their jobs.”

Me and my family got to see this sort of thing in action at a very personal level with the teacher’s union back in the early ‘90s (one of the things that helped to convert me into a conservative, do not wish to discuss publicly).


19 posted on 06/03/2020 8:02:48 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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Or......get rid of police and return to putting LE squarely in the hands of an elected official.....the SHERIFF.


20 posted on 06/03/2020 8:03:56 AM PDT by Salvavida
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