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Well lets return to the Atlantic for an article on how. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/how-police-unions-keep-abusive-cops-on-the-street/3

Well lets return to the Atlantic for an article on how. 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... You have to be accused of a crime before a Judge gets involved. That was the whole point I was making. The unions do their best to keep the officer from ever being charged. Got to love the down votes on my previous post, ignorance is of the power of these unions are why we have the problems in the police we do today. Even politicians run scared as some city unions have put up billboards next to homes of politicians who dare challenge them.

fnordfnordfnord 12y ago
How does the union have any control over who gets charged? They don't other than through the fact that the union reps are also police officers and can exert influence over one another. It would be far better if a completely independent quasi-citizen/law enforcement organization were required to review use of force by police, and empowered to charge them. Also, having local DA's prosecute cops looks to be a disaster, as well as having the normal grand jury in the loop. Maybe a second grand jury is needed, but made up of poor people instead. Unions may be far from perfect but your arguments aren't convincing or even particularly relevant. Crying about the downvotes just makes me want to use mine. Maybe the downvotes are because your tone is too trollish.