The Damned Cops Are Out Of Control

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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/cops-ar...columnist/

Cops are backing Donald Trump so they can remain as unaccountable as him: columnist

As Cheney-Rice explained, the endorsement — coming as it does when there is a movement afoot to defund or reallocate money slated for police departments — confirms that police believe the president will protect them due to their shared belief that they are unconstrained by rules when it comes what they believe is “law and order.”

“Beyond formalizing a political alliance, this announcement confirmed what a growing share of the public has come to realize about America’s police: That their most treasured entitlement is their unaccountability,” he wrote. “The PBA’s support for Trump is not only an endorsement of his unpopular social-control platform, which celebrates brutal policing. It’s their latest rebuke of the notion that the ideal version of law enforcement requires partnership between the police and the public.”

According to the columnist, the similarities between police union members and the president are all too familiar.

“The notion that they might owe consideration to even a dissatisfied majority is foreign. This is one of their clearest analogs to Trumpism — even more so than their shared affinity for prejudiced application of the law, targeting vulnerable populations and political opponents,” he explained.