Buffalo cops, firefighters cheer arrested cops!! Will they threaten strike if city doesn't give in?

[bobbieinok]

Seems like many cops in US only want to work if they can do whatever they want

At what point might we se cops quitting en masse and few wishing to hire on.

At least it's becoming clear to more and more whites that there's a war going on!

[iemitsu]

1. Fire them all.

Buffalo and the US doesn't need cops like this.

[Sherman A1]

2. Precisely

[gopiscrap]

3. exactly

[The Magistrate]

6. Hear Hear, Sir

A salutory example would be useful.

[Jarqui]

8. +1

That's what I said to my daughter when I heard about 75 resigned from the tactical/protest squad.

There are lots of good folks looking for work right now.

If you can't change the attitude, you change the people.

[iemitsu]

10. A simple solution and worth a try.

[2naSalit]

20. Buffalo Mayor not into it.

He's backing them for now, sounded like a hostage when I watched an interview.

[Jarqui]

26. He's part of the problem nt

[jrthin]

12. +1000

[c-rational]

14. Agreed - Fire them all, we do not need police like this.

[Magoo48]

15. Good idea.

And hire them back one at a time when, and only when, they pass a series of psychological and social tests.

[iemitsu]

16. Or don't hire them back at all.

There are plenty of decent people who could be policing us.

[dalton99a]

4. Accountability is a necessary condition for justice.

[bluestarone]

5. Take ALL their benefits away from them IF the strike for this!!

I'm union, BUT if they support this bullshit the fuck them all! Maybe they will have second thoughts IF the lose everything!

[iemitsu]

7. I agree.

I've been a union member since I started working but the police union is abusive.
They aren't just protecting the rights of policemen they are protecting criminality.
These rogue cops need to go.

[ismnotwasm]

9. To serve and protect

They also need to be accountable. I understand it’s a high stress job. I understand they deal with horrific situations everyday. I understand they saves lives. I am glad we have police. I appreciate the job they do. I’m understand they are human.

None of which excuses systemic racism, especially when it is clearly defined with statistics. If they quit, hire ones that can mange not to be dirtbags, and have the gonads to fight against wrong in their own ranks, not cheer it on.

[BlueLucy]

11. Fire ALL of them.

Let's get African American women to join, dreamers, newly settled refugees, etc...

[cwydro]

13. Really really discouraging to see this.

Watching the prosecutor rationalize his decision to press charges was sad. He shouldn't have to explain it to anyone.

That cop acted criminally.

[Ace Rothstein]

17. Cops are well paid in many large cities.

A lot of Chicago Police officers are close to six figures. They won't be going anywhere any time soon.

[ProfessorGAC]

21. That Punk Sargent in Philly Was At...

...$129,600.
He hadn't been on street duty in a few years.
130k for his job!

[qazplm135]

18. Ok let's assume...

"he tripped." He was pushed but let's go with it.

How do they explain just letting him lay there with blood coming out of his head?

To me that's the shocking thing. To just let him lay there possibly dying with no concern.

[NutmegYankee]

23. That was training.

They are supposed to keep advancing and any medical aid or arrests are done behind the "front line". That sadly was a normal part of that riot formation.

[qazplm135]

24. then they need to adjust their training

because losing one guy from "the front line" is not going to make a difference.

[NutmegYankee]

25. They won't

The front line is based on the number needed to keep the spacing. As they approach people they are supposed to hook them with the riot sticks and pull them through to the second line who conduct the arrests. It's a standard formation, what went wrong was shoving the old guy. It was also just stupid to use that tactic with so few people to potentially arrest. It made no sense.

[The Blue Flower]

19. I'll bet there are plenty of good people who are unemployed they can hire

Start from the ground up and screen them carefully.

[zipplewrath]

22. Fire the 57

Really, the obviously don't understand the problem, so they are likely to become the problem.
Camden, NJ did something like this when they dissolved and rebuilt their police force. Quite honestly I think many forces would need to do something like this. Totally rebuild, and demilitarize them. Remove the military ranks, the salutes, the formations, etc. And rewrite the procedures and retrain the entire population. And while they're at it, create civilian review boards.