The fraternity
The largest police union has endorsed the fascist misogynist lying thieving cheating bully Trump.
The Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Donald Trump for president on Friday, praising the Republican nominee’s “real commitment to law enforcement.”
Trump met with the 33,000-member police union in early August and its endorsement bolsters his claim that he is the “law and order candidate.”
Oh really? What about all the stealing and lying and cheating? What about the fraud?
Clinton has made reforming the criminal justice system a centerpiece of her campaign, highlighting it during a particularly violent July week in which a pair of unarmed black men were killed by police officers in Minnesota and Louisiana, leading to nationwide protests. At one such protest in Dallas, a gunman opened fire on law enforcement officers, killing five of them.
The former secretary of state’s calls for reformed policing tactics have been met with criticism by some in the law enforcement community who see her stance as opposition to law enforcement. Trump, by comparison, has more strongly taken the side of police officers in speeches and at campaign events.
Yeah god forbid we should say cops may not kill people over a few cigarettes or a failure to signal a lane change or a toy gun. God forbid we should say some cops get things wrong sometimes, or that some police departments need thorough reform.
So they would rather have the freedom to kill unarmed people of color than to have someone in office that is not anti union? Got it.
Of course they did… #YesAllCops
“What about all the stealing and lying and cheating? What about the fraud?”
That’s what the FOP means by “law and order”.
What IS the FOP? A quick look last night found a lot of vague descriptions. They seem to be nation-wide, but not function as an actual union. And 33,000 members doesn’t sound like they really ‘represent’ that many cops.
But if #blacklivesmatter ever needed a boost….