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No Union protects employees no matter how bad they are. Uh, not quite. How about union-represented employees who kill people? We continuously read how Police d
by jbuzbee 11y ago
No Union protects employees no matter how bad they are.
Uh, not quite. How about union-represented employees who kill people? We continuously read how Police department unions defend cops who kill unarmed citizens:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/how-police-unions-keep-abusive-cops-on-the-street/383258/ http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/how-poli...
Once of many examples from the article:
"Hector Jimenez is one Oakland policeman who was fired and reinstated. In 2007, he shot and killed an unarmed 20-year-old man. Just seven months later, he killed another unarmed man, shooting him three times in the back as he ran away. Oakland paid a $650,000 settlement to the dead man's family in a lawsuit and fired Jimenez, who appealed through his police union. Despite killing two unarmed men and costing taxpayers all that money, he was reinstated and given back pay."