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TexasTowelie

(116,829 posts)
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 09:18 PM Apr 2017

White House trumps Chicagoans in cop union battle

The huge divide between Chicago cops and many of the people they serve and protect becomes even more obvious if you follow the runoff campaign for police union president.

The Chicago Police Department’s ranks don’t have to be on the same wavelength as general public opinion in the city.

But the rhetoric from the two candidates to lead the local Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 suggests they’re trying to appeal to cops who are far more in line politically with places like Alabama than Chicago.

In a city Donald Trump lost badly in last year’s presidential election, incumbent FOP President Dean Angelo and runoff challenger Kevin Graham both clearly feel the best way to win votes is to sidle up to the Trump administration as much as possible.

Read more: http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mihalopoulos-white-house-trumps-chicagoans-in-cop-union-battle/

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White House trumps Chicagoans in cop union battle (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2017 OP
Break em up! Dawson Leery Apr 2017 #1

Dawson Leery

(19,369 posts)
1. Break em up!
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 09:28 PM
Apr 2017

Police "Unions" are but promoters of defacto apartheid. Their mere existence is a violation of human rights.

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