The Police Union is hell bent on ignoring any thing they do not like and the killings continue all over the country.

players, they should have no union

and I am the biggest union supporter I know

except that which you find really offensive.

The right and ability of workers to collectively bargain to offset the undue influence of management has absolutely nothing to do with the political speech and activities of any particular union. Although unions generally tend to be quite progressive in outlook, it certainly is not a requirement or universal.

Separating and distinguishing unions based on whether some purportedly act like "honest players" is a recipe for disaster for the labor movement, particularly in the public sector. Do you feel the same way when teachers unions regularly represent and protect proven incompetent teachers, no less those actually convicted of serious felonies, or when various and sundry other government workers commit fraud and other malfeasance, yet are still fully backed by their unions? Given the very unfortunate sordid criminal history of many unions, including those I actively support and even some I represented early in my career as an attorney, I can confidently state an "honest player" standard would be cheered by Republicans as they used it to not-so-slowly crush one union after the next.

Unions have a duty to represent the interests of their members, and they have a moral and legal obligation to defend and advocate for all members without fear or favor, whether the member is a liberal teacher or a conservative police officer. The police unions are simply are very rare example of right-leaning unions that unequivocally deserve all the same protections enjoyed by other unions for the benefit of labor overall.

There are many avenues to improve the relationship between the police and certain communities, but attacking the ability to unionize to just plain foolish.

There is no trust left because too many cops view their job not as a sacred trust to protect people, but as a power trip that gives them the right to smack down anyone who doesn't behave in a subserviant enough manner. That and good cops are willing to turn a blind eye to the abuses of their fellow officers.

Decades of honest proper police behavior wouldn't gain a 100% trust.

"Jarrett said one of the issues to be considered by the panel is formulating best practices for the use of body cameras by police forces.

Obama has asked the U.S. Congress for $263 million to pay for body cameras for police officers and expand training for law enforcement.

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey and Laurie Robinson, a George Mason University professor who is a former U.S. assistant attorney general, will lead the task force."

I still think this is a step in the right direction.

they would shine a light on over aggressive departments and problem cops, one case at a time.

But we need to get deeper than developing community trust; we need to be looking at the culture, scope, and practices of the repressive apparatus in this country.

And weed out the Neanderthals.

Hopefully leading to a blue-ribbon commission, a list of position statements, and serious political grandstanding.

All brought to you by people who smile into their wine glasses at how easy it is to fool rubes.

And I'll ship you right back some grandiloquent BS that's every bit as good as what they produce.

What? I have to do it for free? Sorry Comrade, I don't roll that way. But if you do, I'd be interested in how you would go about it.

I learned a long time ago that fancy panels and commissions and teams of experts have uses other than producing tangible results.

...he needs to empanel a jury for murder convictions, not a neighborhood committee for outreach.

- I'll never trust their asses because I've seen what they do. First-hand.