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In reply to the discussion: Police union: Clinton snubbed us [View all]DinahMoeHum
(23,759 posts)11. There's also the possibility. . .
. . .that in future visits, she will talk to gatherings of police officers in different cities, just not to the head honchos of the NFOP, or whatever they call themselves these days.
Fuck him if he feels dissed. I doubt she has time for his kind right now.
Note: I'm not referring to rank-and-file police union members as the problem, but with too many of their heads.
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Considering the racist and insensitive things coming out of police unions these days
Tempest
Aug 2016
#2
Police unions go so totally against what unions should be for. They should change their name.
Aristus
Aug 2016
#5
In terms of bargaining and protectingdefending against injustice, they are close
loyalsister
Aug 2016
#40
While she wouldn't get their endorsement anyway, she should have given a speech to them
Dustlawyer
Aug 2016
#10
I don't believe the person who is making this claim. See post #7 for example.
emulatorloo
Aug 2016
#15
Gov Walker in WI dismanteled all public unions expect for police, state patrol and
riversedge
Aug 2016
#16
from the 2016 'leak' of the Police Frat club boards & secret contrats they're anti democracy anyway.
Sunlei
Aug 2016
#20
"shortly after he left Trump Tower in Manhattan" Thats all you need to read to see this is total BS.
winstars
Aug 2016
#24
I know the FOP isn't a union, but on a side note, Police Unions need to be broken....
Humanist_Activist
Aug 2016
#25