Jake Tapper is taking the pres of the FOP to the woodshed

[The Blue Flower]

For not vocally defending their members against smears by Laura Ingraham and others. It will be online soon.

[DURHAM D]

1. Good

Not watching but did see Officer Fanone on Don Lemon last night detailing the things the FOP should have done for them but did not.

[Ocelot II]

2. What's the FOP?

[Bristlecone]

4. Fraternal Order of Police

Union

[Ocelot II]

6. Thanks.

Police unions seem inclined to defend their members only when a member-cop is accused of killing a black person.

[The Magistrate]

14. Police Unions Are Not Really Unions, Ma'am

They are combinations banded together to protect members from consequences for criminal behavior, whether physical abuse or theft or bribe-taking. In the course of that, they will extort as much money as they can from municipalities, and back with some of it the sort of retrograde politician who says about what they say to each other in the locker room about how things ought be run.


"For every problem there is a solution which is obvious, simple, and wrong."

[Ocelot II]

17. Exactly right. Unlike conventional labor unions, whose essential function

is to represent and support their members by means of collective bargaining in order to achieve fair wages and working conditions, police unions seem to have devolved into organizations that do little but make sure that their members can't be held accountable to their cities or the members of the public for any wrongdoing of any kind. Police unions are a big reason police so often get away with abusing or killing black people.

[mopinko]

18. they're a protection racket.

[guillaumeb]

16. Agreed. Interesting how that works. eom

[Disaffected]

7. The dictionary has

the definition - it seems inappropriate somehow.

[XanaDUer2]

3. that was epic!

the FOP endorsed Trump. Irony. Of course he's worried about alienating Trump members. Tepper wouldn't let it go, either. I switched to CNN recently

[samsingh]

5. Tapper was excellent and smart. He didn't allow the FOP whitewash or gaslight the conversation

[IcyPeas]

8. another one who doesn't watch tv news, he said. that's always code.

I didn't see it
I didn't hear it
I didn't read it

in other words he has no answer to the question. (specifically about Laura Ingraham giving out performance awards to the officers who testified yesterday).

[ecstatic]

9. They better not ever call me for a donation

But if they do call, I wonder-- is it better to hang up or speak my mind? I don't want to end up on their "People Who Cops Should Harass" list.

[IcyPeas]

10. CLIP:....

Tapper: FOP regularly defends police officers. That’s your job.. I don’t see you doing it publicly.. Laura Ingraham was giving out fake academy awards accusing your police officers of acting…
Yoes: …I stopped watching the news
Tapper: That’s not news

Link to tweet

[Catherine Vincent]

15. Thanks for the link!

[Carlitos Brigante]

11. They're only "fraternal" when it comes to defending cops for killing us "darker folks". nt

[AnotherMother4Peace]

12. Tapper let him know that FOP was NOT publicly supporting these heroes. That FOP,

as part of their job, has always publicly supported and defended police officers. That it is obviously quiet right now. That Laura Ingram mocked them openly and FOP is SILENT (Tapper's emphasis). That the hero officers of 1/6/21 seeking support from THEIR organization has been met with indifference. The FOP guy squirmed and denied all of this, but Tapper was ready with quotes and past/present actions.

[Whiskeytide]

13. The woodshed was a rougher place when I was growing up. n/t

[Deminpenn]

19. The FOP isn't giving these cops much backing because

most of their members support Trump and some FOP members participated in the Jan 6th riots. There hasn't been a peep of condemnation from the FOP for the latter.

[rickyhall]

20. Somebody gag that woman.

[uponit7771]

21. K&R, more proof the PD unions are a problem