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> This entire article is about railing against the police, yet the unions are never mentioned as part of the problem. Very interesting indeed. For context, The
by ta37805 11y ago
> This entire article is about railing against the police, yet the unions are never mentioned as part of the problem. Very interesting indeed.
For context, The Stranger is Seattle's free alt-weekly. They have a very strong leftist bent, consistently endorse pro-union politicians while calling them "independent" without a hint of irony, and are unlikely to press this issue very much if at all.
- aaronbrethorst 11y agoDo you read the same free alt-weekly as I do? The Stranger criticizes the Seattle Police Officers Guild (or SPOG) quite regularly. See http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/12/22/spog-is-still-an-obstacle-to-reform-at-the-seattle-police-department http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/12/22/spog-is... and http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/reform-in-reverse/Content?oid=19281433 http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/reform-in-reverse/Content... for examples.