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Police unions are fundamentally different from other forms of organized labor. No other union is composed of members who hold the legal monopoly on violence.
by riffic 6y ago
Police unions are fundamentally different from other forms of organized labor. No other union is composed of members who hold the legal monopoly on violence.
- refurb 6y agoIt’s the government that holds the monopoly on violence, not the police.
- gruez 6y agoAnd the government in turn delegates that to the. What other profession can you kill an unarmed man and be back home for dinner the same day?
- jopsen 6y ago> What other profession can you kill an unarmed man and be back home for dinner the same day? Doctor/surgeon? I think most of their patients are unarmed, hehe :) Joke aside, police outside the US generally can't do that either.
- toast0 6y agoLots of machine operating professions?
- refurb 6y agoWell, their authority to kill comes from the gov’t, not the police force itself. If they kill someone they shouldn’t, then they get in trouble (yes, I know not always).