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Maybe Something Good ?


Could it be that something good will come from all of these riots, err . . .  for the P.C. … “protests.” Granted they may start out as legitimate protests, but anyone who at this point believes that they will stay calm protests is a fool. People who continue to take their impressionable kids along are now basically suggesting to them that anarchy is good!

How naive can anyone be to think that anything good can come out of this shameful mess?

An article in the NYT points out that what now ex-officer Derek Chauvin did to George Floyd was not a bolt out of the blue. According to the article, Derek Chauvin was not a “good, well behaved cop” who suddenly and inexplicably turned into a “bad cop,” but rather he had a long troubled history.

The NYT points out that he appears to have been a “bad cop” for a while, as he had been cited 17 times for misconduct ranging from abusive language to being named in a brutality lawsuit. 17 times in a 20 year career seems like a pattern to me. One might ask, “How could an apparent problem police officer have slipped through the cracks?” The answer appears to be  . . . the police union!

Ms. Janeé Harteau, an ex-Chief of Police in Minneapolis said she took many steps to reform the department, including training officers on implicit bias and mandating the use of body cameras. But the police union, she said, fought her at every turn. Getting rid of bad cops with reform-minded police chiefs is still an almost impossible task as long as the police union is so powerful.

Now, let’s be clear, I am a pro-cop guy. Every rational person, including me, has to realize that all cops are not good cops, just as all plumbers are not good honest plumbers. The difference is with a bad plumber, you just do not call him again. In the real world, the cops have the advantages, as they have the union at their back. Even though there should be a way to get rid of those police officers who demonstrate recurrent issues of not being good cops, the police union goes to bat for them over, and over, and over.

Is this unusual? . . . the union going overboard protecting those who are a disgrace to their profession . . . err, actually not . . . think the “teacher’s union,” and think “rubber room” in New York City.

If this disgraceful George Floyd incident can subdue the power of the police unions, especially in Minneapolis, perhaps some good can come out of this in the end.

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