Where is the infraction in the civil rights laws, the representation by lawyers of unions or actual contract wording. Unions are a bargaining unit that provides important representation against unfair labor practices, but, they aren't the law. There is a profound understanding throughout the USA that extreme force is allowed. With such an understanding why wouldn't the police confront the public with a methodology of self-defense over and above the tempered understanding of the law.
This isn't an attack on unions per se, so much as the actions of their members beyond the practice of law enforcement. The police are killing first and asking questions later. Who wouldn't want to be a police officer with guaranteed outcomes to any confrontation. The death of Tamir Rice is an example of the bureaucratic police officer. All the police officer had to do was state the call, "Drop the gun" three times and then fire upon Tamir. That is autocratic in every definition and is not good police practice. The unions have taken the sovereign authority from the city or town or state or country and provided it's own rules for engagement of citizens.
How did all this get started? Where did the unions find the authority within their definition of members' rights to actually redefine correct police work? That came from somewhere. Did the members take it to a new level when a union attorney states, "You have to follow proper protocol before engaging your firearm."
This is systemic. In police killing case after case the police are killing innocent black men with impunity. That had isn't beginning somewhere and at some date, so where is that date and where was it decided?
December 19, 2014
CLEVELAND -- The heads of the Cleveland police department's two unions (click here) remain wary about some conclusions drawn in a U.S. Justice Department report alleging a pattern and practice of excessive use of force by officers. But they also hope an eventual agreement between the city and the department will result in improvements.
Jeff Follmer leads the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, which represents more than 1,200 officers on the 1,500-member force. He is hopeful the agreement will result in officers being provided equipment that surrounding suburban departments have had for years....
This is a little too much passion for my liking. I guess the police union leadership can't handle the fact they represent the primary law enforcement in the sovereign USA. There is some heady stuff in the unions representation. It knows no bounds and successfully carries out exoneration of murder.
December 18, 2014
By Azi Pabarah
An organizer for one of the city’s largest private labor unions (click here) was arrested Thursday in connection with the assault of two NYPD lieutenants on the Brooklyn Bridge during last Saturday's march against police violence.
Robert Murray, 43, an organizer for 32BJ SEIU, who surrendered to police and who police previously identified as "Male No. 3," is alleged to have pulled Lieutenants Philip Chan and Patrick Sullivan “to the ground” as they attempted to arrest CUNY adjunct professor Eric Linsker for allegedly throwing or trying to throw a metal garbage can. ("The acts of Eric Linsker is what started the whole chain of events," said Manhattan chief of detectives William Aubry at a press conference today.
This isn't an attack on unions per se, so much as the actions of their members beyond the practice of law enforcement. The police are killing first and asking questions later. Who wouldn't want to be a police officer with guaranteed outcomes to any confrontation. The death of Tamir Rice is an example of the bureaucratic police officer. All the police officer had to do was state the call, "Drop the gun" three times and then fire upon Tamir. That is autocratic in every definition and is not good police practice. The unions have taken the sovereign authority from the city or town or state or country and provided it's own rules for engagement of citizens.
How did all this get started? Where did the unions find the authority within their definition of members' rights to actually redefine correct police work? That came from somewhere. Did the members take it to a new level when a union attorney states, "You have to follow proper protocol before engaging your firearm."
This is systemic. In police killing case after case the police are killing innocent black men with impunity. That had isn't beginning somewhere and at some date, so where is that date and where was it decided?
December 19, 2014
CLEVELAND -- The heads of the Cleveland police department's two unions (click here) remain wary about some conclusions drawn in a U.S. Justice Department report alleging a pattern and practice of excessive use of force by officers. But they also hope an eventual agreement between the city and the department will result in improvements.
Jeff Follmer leads the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, which represents more than 1,200 officers on the 1,500-member force. He is hopeful the agreement will result in officers being provided equipment that surrounding suburban departments have had for years....
This is a little too much passion for my liking. I guess the police union leadership can't handle the fact they represent the primary law enforcement in the sovereign USA. There is some heady stuff in the unions representation. It knows no bounds and successfully carries out exoneration of murder.
December 18, 2014
By Azi Pabarah
An organizer for one of the city’s largest private labor unions (click here) was arrested Thursday in connection with the assault of two NYPD lieutenants on the Brooklyn Bridge during last Saturday's march against police violence.
Robert Murray, 43, an organizer for 32BJ SEIU, who surrendered to police and who police previously identified as "Male No. 3," is alleged to have pulled Lieutenants Philip Chan and Patrick Sullivan “to the ground” as they attempted to arrest CUNY adjunct professor Eric Linsker for allegedly throwing or trying to throw a metal garbage can. ("The acts of Eric Linsker is what started the whole chain of events," said Manhattan chief of detectives William Aubry at a press conference today.
Referring to video of the melee, Aubry said, “He also punches Lt. Chan, twice, so hard that we have a witness that says he heard the fist to the face. He heard that noise.”...
There is some aspect of this that is codified to bring about this exoneration of police.I would think at some point in time the police union members would recognize the danger to citizens on their own and bring it to the awareness of their representatives and members. I guess the power to act autonomously is too tempting.
Laws are tempered in the USA, what are the words? "The punishment fits the crime." Something like that. The police are taking outcomes to any crime committed into their own hands and acting to end life without restraint. Now, this isn't every police officer, as there are examples of good police work, but, this exists in the majority.
The current practice of police removes due process.
The EMPLOYER in on the hook here. There has to be a place within the job description defining good from bad practice. The unions are not suppose to dictate the law. The only way a union can change the laws of any authority is through the court systems or a hearing through the NLRB and that is about unfair labor practices.
Just because a city or town or state or otherwise doesn't have a job description doesn't mean they are off the hook. There should be no doubt about the practice of any police officer when he takes on that job. A police officer is an extension of the law. Laws are passed by majority legislation, there are no means of changing that.
If the unions are this aggressive there is a need to roll back their authority to the point where towns and cities still carry the most brevity to insure the safety of their citizens. This is ridiculous. This focus on African American men is a human rights issue. That is a fact. This isn't about just a particular set of circumstances, this is encompassing an entire class of citizens.
This is how bad or lousy cops keep their jobs. They hide behind their representatives. Wasn't the police union representative at the physical examination of Darren Wilson? They have a right to be there, but, they should not be strong arming authorities in threats of legal action or otherwise. Unions need to be about the best practices, otherwise, they risk being a part of the problem.
Union marches for the best and most reasonable pay, benefits and working conditions are important, but, not backing bad police practices. The unions are going to far.
There is some aspect of this that is codified to bring about this exoneration of police.I would think at some point in time the police union members would recognize the danger to citizens on their own and bring it to the awareness of their representatives and members. I guess the power to act autonomously is too tempting.
Laws are tempered in the USA, what are the words? "The punishment fits the crime." Something like that. The police are taking outcomes to any crime committed into their own hands and acting to end life without restraint. Now, this isn't every police officer, as there are examples of good police work, but, this exists in the majority.
The current practice of police removes due process.
The EMPLOYER in on the hook here. There has to be a place within the job description defining good from bad practice. The unions are not suppose to dictate the law. The only way a union can change the laws of any authority is through the court systems or a hearing through the NLRB and that is about unfair labor practices.
Just because a city or town or state or otherwise doesn't have a job description doesn't mean they are off the hook. There should be no doubt about the practice of any police officer when he takes on that job. A police officer is an extension of the law. Laws are passed by majority legislation, there are no means of changing that.
If the unions are this aggressive there is a need to roll back their authority to the point where towns and cities still carry the most brevity to insure the safety of their citizens. This is ridiculous. This focus on African American men is a human rights issue. That is a fact. This isn't about just a particular set of circumstances, this is encompassing an entire class of citizens.
This is how bad or lousy cops keep their jobs. They hide behind their representatives. Wasn't the police union representative at the physical examination of Darren Wilson? They have a right to be there, but, they should not be strong arming authorities in threats of legal action or otherwise. Unions need to be about the best practices, otherwise, they risk being a part of the problem.
Union marches for the best and most reasonable pay, benefits and working conditions are important, but, not backing bad police practices. The unions are going to far.
