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In reply to the discussion: Question: almost every city where there's been police violence is under a Democratic Mayor... [View all]beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)10. Mayors have limited power in changing the thin blue line as its an embedded
decades/centuries old issue in law enforcement. What politician of any party has taken on their local police unions? The fix begins with limiting the power of the police unions and seeing more of the civil cost put on the shoulders of all police officers, including retirees. No skin in the game, no financial repercussions, not much will change.
hell we can' t even test cops for drug use because of the local union
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Question: almost every city where there's been police violence is under a Democratic Mayor... [View all]
brooklynite
May 2020
OP
And those organized groups who are shipped in and causing the most violence, are they Democrats?
Doodley
May 2020
#2
I'm not talking about the protesters; I'm talking about the police violence that started the protest
brooklynite
May 2020
#4
2014: De Blasio's nightmare New York's mayor has lost the police -- and maybe much more than that.
Celerity
May 2020
#26
I bet this is why he defended the two cops who drove their SUVs into a crowd of protesters.
tblue37
May 2020
#29
it is really shit that Mayors and the city governments have to kiss so much thug copper arse
Celerity
May 2020
#32
If you're saying that Mayors (and City Councils) are unable to implement reforms...
brooklynite
May 2020
#30
Well, it turns out that the original statement by MN authorities as to every arrest being out of
cwydro
May 2020
#24
As was pointed out in Minneapolis the white hate groups are purposely targeting the dem
Thekaspervote
May 2020
#3
+1, "many of these cities are in red states " I've notice it's surrounding counties, judges & state
uponit7771
May 2020
#11
Mayors have limited power in changing the thin blue line as its an embedded
beachbumbob
May 2020
#10
you cost people money for behavior, the behavior is often changed, no different in this case
beachbumbob
May 2020
#14