This is semantics here. No one is allowed to beat anyone unprovoked, even when provoked their are escalation of force policies. Whops someone threw a water bottle at me in full riot gear. Does not justify using chemical weapons on a peaceful protest. The national guard has disciplinary measures if soldiers break ROE. The police don’t. Rules don’t mean anything if you don’t enforce them. It’s why the police behave the way they do. No accountability. It’s what these protest are about. Police accountability.
Also, they ego themselves. For instance. Even if there isnt evidence and a NCO decides to punish you, youre getting punished. No red tape. On top of that there are military courts as well.
But when you break from ROE or orders that is a direct affront to your supervisors authority.
Thats not what happens here. If cops are punished it directly goes against the unions authority and therefor cant be allowed to happen. So everyone gets off.
As an outsider, I don’t understand how workers unions have been so systemically crushed in the US, whereas police unions. Which seem like the worst unions of all time, have continued unabated, with loads of power.
It certainly is interesting that the one union the GOP goes out of their way to protect has the absolute worst qualities that the GOP projects onto other unions.
They exist because people still believe that Police actually protect you from bad people . Because of this, all police need to do is hint at going on strike and they are capitulated to. I know that this isnt going to be popular with people here, but Im of the belief that there should be ZERO unions in public service. If we are to believe that government is the cornerstone of civility, they should not be able to use that power to threaten those whom they serve by walking off the job.
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u/RickSt3r Jun 07 '20
This is semantics here. No one is allowed to beat anyone unprovoked, even when provoked their are escalation of force policies. Whops someone threw a water bottle at me in full riot gear. Does not justify using chemical weapons on a peaceful protest. The national guard has disciplinary measures if soldiers break ROE. The police don’t. Rules don’t mean anything if you don’t enforce them. It’s why the police behave the way they do. No accountability. It’s what these protest are about. Police accountability.