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In reply to the discussion: McKinney, Texas, Officer on Leave After Wild Pool Party Video Surfaces [View all]CincyDem
(6,436 posts)4. It will be interesting to see how quickly the FOP or local police union takes up his cause...
I grew up in a union household.
I belonged to several unions over the course of various jobs.
The result of broad labor union efforts has greatly benefited me growing up and as an adult.
And...
There's something wrong with police unions that are hellbent on making it difficult to cull the bad apples. If cops, in general, want to demonstrate that episodes like this are because there are some "bad apples" in the group - then stop f'ing defending the bad apples. Let them get fired. Let this join the unemployed (and hopefully unemployable in law enforcement anywhere).
I know I'm projecting likely action on the local union and, IIRC, the local union response to every video like this we've seen in recent months/years has been something like "the video didn't tell the whole story and we stand by our member".
How many videos do we have to see to get the whole story.
Sheesh this is getting old.
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McKinney, Texas, Officer on Leave After Wild Pool Party Video Surfaces [View all]
Judi Lynn
Jun 2015
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Here's the link to a gd thread about it, with video. How to not do it right.
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#1
Thank you for the link. Would have probably missed it, otherwise. The cops were the ones
Judi Lynn
Jun 2015
#2
I was holding my breath when he pulled his gun and the kids ran screaming, wondering
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#3
It will be interesting to see how quickly the FOP or local police union takes up his cause...
CincyDem
Jun 2015
#4
As do most union, protecting their members is one of the benefits and if we had more unions
cstanleytech
Jun 2015
#16
Probably pretty fast, he is a vice-president in his local union.... what a asshole he is!!!
winstars
Jun 2015
#25
You can't hear most of what she's saying because of the men talking in the background. n/t
Tempest
Jun 2015
#30
The cop claims he pulled his gun because two young men ran AT him, not away. nt
NickB79
Jun 2015
#34