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51. If you work for the government, it does--and should.

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 10:33 AM

Jan 2015

There are laws that modify that to a degree, but there's no law against turning your back while you are attending a funeral.

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A comment I just posted to a NY Times article about de Blasio's "missteps" [View all] markpkessinger Jan 2015 OP

K & R. n/t FSogol Jan 2015 #1

good comment raging moderate Jan 2015 #2

oh, there it is. rec'd. raging moderate Jan 2015 #3

Excellent letter. Jackpine Radical Jan 2015 #4

Nice! daleanime Jan 2015 #5

This is why people hate unions. staggerleem Jan 2015 #6

The police union is a "union" in name only nichomachus Jan 2015 #11

A union does not lose legitimacy, legal or moral, because you do not like their politics. branford Jan 2015 #12

People hate unions because employers tired of paying union wages invested a lot in merrily Jan 2015 #29

reading the article most of the complaints are ridiculous dsc Jan 2015 #7

Right after the PBA apologizes for killing unarmed black men. (nt) jeff47 Jan 2015 #10

Who exactly did the PBA kill? branford Jan 2015 #13

They are claiming to speak for the officers jeff47 Jan 2015 #14

Should all unions apologize when a member commits a bad act, or only the police unions? branford Jan 2015 #19

When they murder people and then demand reverence, yes. jeff47 Jan 2015 #20

You apparently only like unions when you agree with them. branford Jan 2015 #21

In this case, the union is acting like a bunch of spoiled children. They are offended because JDPriestly Jan 2015 #25

Yeah, that's why I totally left out destroying the NYPD jeff47 Jan 2015 #52

The union has the right to defend its member especially if it argues that the charge against the JDPriestly Jan 2015 #27

The police are employed by the city, and answer to the police commissioner, branford Jan 2015 #30

The police should respect the mayor as an elected official. JDPriestly Jan 2015 #33

The NYPD actually has a higher approval rating than the mayor. branford Jan 2015 #37

Great letter. They are like whining two year olds and all they've done so far is prove that we sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #8

this goes back to any worker hfojvt Jan 2015 #9

Good points. And if the NYPD's tantrum was about not being appreciated, that would be JDPriestly Jan 2015 #24

it's sometimes hard to tell if criticism is "justified" hfojvt Jan 2015 #55

The very sensitive NYPD except when they have victims in an illegal choke hold. Cha Jan 2015 #15

You have to wonder . . . markpkessinger Jan 2015 #17

Exactly.. I know they have a tough job but they make it tougher on themselves. Cha Jan 2015 #18

K & R Liberal_Dog Jan 2015 #16

k&r.... the mayor's only missteps are not firing some of these goons. spanone Jan 2015 #22

Fire them, for exercising their First Amendment rights against a politician? merrily Jan 2015 #31

First amendment doesn't protect you as far as keeping your job goes. Lucky Luciano Jan 2015 #47

It most certainly does if you are a public employee, as are the police. nt branford Jan 2015 #48

That is not the first amendment then. That may be a separate contractual thing Lucky Luciano Jan 2015 #49

The First Amendment does indeed apply to public employees, branford Jan 2015 #53

That is all very unfortunate. Lucky Luciano Jan 2015 #54

The First Amendment, among other things, prevents the government branford Jan 2015 #56

If you work for the government, it does--and should. merrily Jan 2015 #51

K&R. JDPriestly Jan 2015 #23

The Mayor acts for the taxpayers, who are the employers of both the Mayor and the NYPD. merrily Jan 2015 #32

Not the taxpayers, the voters. All the voters who hopefully are all the people. JDPriestly Jan 2015 #35

Typically, your employer is the one whose money pays your salary. merrily Jan 2015 #36

K&R DeSwiss Jan 2015 #26

I love this cartoon for many reasons, one of them being that a family merrily Jan 2015 #34

The back turning was strictly for the cameras, branford Jan 2015 #38

Inside or outside, it was still a family funeral and protests were inappropriate, IMO. merrily Jan 2015 #39

I'm not defending the actions by the officers, branford Jan 2015 #40

Sure seemed as though you were, as do most of your other posts about the police, merrily Jan 2015 #41

Acknowledging that the police have a legal right as citizens and unionized public employees branford Jan 2015 #42

Straw man. That is not what you said, nor did I say a thing about police not having a legal right merrily Jan 2015 #43

If you've followed my posts about the NYPD, as you seem to indicate, branford Jan 2015 #44

I have not followed your posts, but I have noted several of them while reading a few police threads merrily Jan 2015 #45

The only union I've seen you supporting are the cops, I don't remember your outcry as our own party TheKentuckian Jan 2015 #57

Not sure what your repeating those points after I've addressed each of them is supposed to merrily Jan 2015 #46

the cops don't love bill anymore. boohoo ND-Dem Jan 2015 #28

lol Love it. ctsnowman Jan 2015 #50