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Proud Liberal Dem

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10. That concerns me too

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Reply #9)

Tue Jan 5, 2016, 04:56 PM

Jan 2016

Wingnuts complain about how hard it supposedly is to fire bad teachers because of their unions but it really seems nigh impossible to get bad cops indicted and/or even just fired for misconduct.

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Chicago Cops Say Keeping Evidence of Misconduct Puts Cops in Danger – So They’re Destroying It [View all] FreakinDJ Jan 2016 OP

Puts them in danger of being jailed. hobbit709 Jan 2016 #1

That is exactly what it is too madokie Jan 2016 #2

Puts them in danger of litigation. lpbk2713 Jan 2016 #3

criminals have unions too ya know. nt msongs Jan 2016 #4

I advocate busting ALL cop unions. MohRokTah Jan 2016 #5

We need a federal law requiring retention of police misconduct records. NT Eric J in MN Jan 2016 #6

Trust Us. Octafish Jan 2016 #7

Is there any other union out there Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2016 #8

Never seen the likes of it. They operate like a co-chief of police. Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2016 #9

That concerns me too Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2016 #10