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>>danso+(OP)
Unions protect bad apples, that shouldn’t be the purpose of unions. It should be illegal.

>>menset+dq
Police unions are almost all terrible. Seattle kicked their police union out of the local labor council, and it would be great to see more cities do the same.

>>Pfhrea+wB
Any additional information on how Seattle police union is terrible?

>>DenisM+sy1
They've consistently pushed back on reforms from both the community and the federal consent decree. They insist they are 'tough on crime' and the city is holding them back, going so far as to demand people vote out the city council.

They've described the concerns about policing as "the flavor of the week", they fought against body cams, they've defended police in well documented cases of retaliatory and unbecoming behavior.

>>Pfhrea+DI1
It would be nice to have links. "defended police in well documented cases of retaliatory and unbecoming behavior" is bit too vague to follow up upon.

>>DenisM+wK1
Sure, here's a handful:

https://komonews.com/news/local/police-union-president-defen...

https://mynorthwest.com/70234/police-union-head-vehemently-d...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/07/13/se...

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/memo-seattle...

http://www.courts.wa.gov/content/publicupload/eclips/2015%20...

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article64596437.ht...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/seattle-cop-punches-teen-in-fac...